| 番 | 1157B10 90.41 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄈㄢ [fan1] (*ㄆㄢ [pan1] ). | ||
| N.adjunct. | A course, a turn: 一番的好意，盛情 such a show of hospitality; 那番事情不必提了 do not mention that course of events; in mahjong, a game: 和了一番牌 scored one game; see N.2↓. | |||||
| N. | (1) Aborigines, such tribes: 土番 aborigines; 熟番，生番 those influenced by Chin. customs, those who are not. (2) Turn or time: 今番，這番 this time; 三番四次 so many times (give warning, etc.); 幾番 how many times; 連番 continuously. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | Take turns: 輪番，更番 take turns; 番戍 period of garrison duty; 番代 take turns on duty. | |||||
| Adj. | Foreign, of foreign tribes: 番人，番戶 foreigners, esp. those on border provinces, also Malay, Indonesia; 番地，番國 foreign land(s); 番俗 foreign customs. | |||||
| Words | 1. 番茄 [fan1qie2], n., tomato. 2. 番番 [fan1fan1], adj., (LL) grey or greyish (hair). 3. 番鬼 (子) [fan1gui3]([zi0]), n., (sl.) foreigners; see 鬼 91.70. 4. 番紅花 [fan1hong2hua1], n., saffron, Crocus sativus. 5. 番椒 [fan1jiao1], n., pepper, Capsicum. 6. 番薯 [fan1shu2], n., potato. 7. 番攤 [fan1tan1], n., a Cantonese form of gamble. 8. 番禺 *[pan1yU2], n., name of district of Canton. | |||||