番
fān
Meaning
- foreign (non-Chinese) · barbarian
- classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
- a kind · a sort
- (used after the verb 翻 fān to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 fān yī fān "to double")
Example sentences
他在他的花园种番茄。
他在他的花園種番茄。
tā zài tā de huā yuán zhǒng fān qié。
He grows tomatoes in his garden.
严格地讲，番茄是水果。
嚴格地講，番茄是水果。
yán gé dì jiǎng， fān qié shì shuǐ guǒ。
Strictly speaking, tomatoes are fruits.
今天的午饭是番茄鸡蛋汤和玉米。
今天的午飯是番茄雞蛋湯和玉米。
jīn tiān de wǔ fàn shì fān qié jī dàn tāng hé yù mǐ。
Today's lunch was tomato and egg soup and corn.