番

Pān

Dictionary entry

surname Pan

What does 番 mean?

番 (Pān) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1surname Pan

2(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian

3classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort

4(classifier) a kind; a sort

5(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")

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番Pānsurname Pan

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番

Pān

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