番

HSK 6

fān

classifier for actions or events; round; time

Alternative translations

nombre de fois
(classificateur pour les actions)
(nom de famille)

Explanation

classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")

Examples

翻一番

fān yī fán

Double

这是番薯。

zhè shì fānshǔ.

This is sweet potato.