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| Pronunciation |
: |
fān |
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| Meaning |
: |
- classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times. (measure word)
- classifier for situations: kind, sort. (measure word)
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| Radical |
: |
田 |
| Strokes |
: |
12 |
| Traditional |
: |
番 |
| Usage |
: |
5.8% |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 2. |
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: |
time and again; so many times |
Sentences:
| 1. He just did it out of a kind impulse. |
| tā |
shì |
chū |
yú |
yì |
fān |
hǎo |
yì |
cái |
zuò |
de |
。 |
| 他 |
是 |
出 |
于 |
一 |
番 |
好 |
意 |
才 |
做 |
的 |
。 |
|
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| 他 |
: |
he |
| 是 |
: |
is |
| 出于 |
: |
to stem from; proceed from |
| 一 |
: |
one |
| 番 |
: |
measure word |
| 好意 |
: |
kind impulse |
| 才 |
: |
only |
| 做 |
: |
do |
| 的 |
: |
used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis |
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| 2. After a few false starts he picked up quite a lot. |
| jīng |
guò |
jǐ |
fān |
cuò |
zhé |
tā |
míng |
bái |
le |
xǔ |
duō |
dào |
lǐ |
。 |
| 经 |
过 |
几 |
番 |
挫 |
折 |
他 |
明 |
白 |
了 |
许 |
多 |
道 |
理 |
。 |
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| 经过 |
: |
after |
| 几 |
: |
few |
| 番 |
: |
times |
| 挫折 |
: |
setback |
| 他 |
: |
he |
| 明白 |
: |
understand |
| 了 |
: |
particle indicating that something has happened |
| 许多 |
: |
a few |
| 道理 |
: |
principle |
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| 3. I’ve told him time and time again he shouldn’t smoke. |
| wǒ |
sān |
fān |
wǔ |
cì |
gào |
sù |
tā |
bú |
yào |
chōu |
yān |
。 |
| 我 |
三 |
番 |
五 |
次 |
告 |
诉 |
他 |
不 |
要 |
抽 |
烟 |
。 |
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| 我 |
: |
I |
| 三番五次 |
: |
time and again; so many times |
| 告诉 |
: |
tell |
| 他 |
: |
him |
| 不要 |
: |
don’t |
| 抽烟 |
: |
smoke |
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| 4. This melody has an entirely different feel. |
| zhè |
shǒu |
qǔ |
zi |
bié |
yǒu |
yì |
fān |
qíng |
diào |
。 |
| 这 |
首 |
曲 |
子 |
别 |
有 |
一 |
番 |
情 |
调 |
。 |
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| 这 |
: |
this |
| 首 |
: |
measure word |
| 曲子 |
: |
melody |
| 别 |
: |
different |
| 有 |
: |
have |
| 一 |
: |
one |
| 番 |
: |
measure word for situations: kind, sort |
| 情调 |
: |
feel |
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