Translation

• (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese)
• barbarian
• 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")

Synonyms

• 派, 片
• 历届, 和, 回, 巡, 度, 次, 水, 趟, 遍, 道
• 外来, 外路, 夷, 旗, 洋, 海, 胡, 西

Examples

• 严格地讲,番茄是水果。
  Strictly speaking, the tomato is a fruit.
• 他三番五次评判别人。
  He judges other people time and again.
• 我为这次考试好好准备了一番。
  I prepared well for this examination.
• 他把我从头到脚打量了一番。
  He stared at me from head to foot.
• 我们在世界人口问题上争辩了一番。
  We debated on the question of world population.
• 她在镜前停下脚步，自我欣赏了一番。
  She stopped before the mirror to admire herself.