番

番刀

fān dāo

type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard

番剧

fān jù

anime series

连番

lián fān

repeatedly

黑海番鸭

hēi hǎi fān yā

(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta americana)

三番五次

sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

三番两次

sān fān liǎng cì

repeatedly (idiom)

丢番图方程

diū fān tú fāng chéng

(math.) Diophantine equation

吐鲁番

tǔ lǔ fān

see 吐魯番市|吐鲁番市[Tu3 lu3 fan1 Shi4]

吐鲁番市

tǔ lǔ fān shì

Turpan, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

吐鲁番盆地

tǔ lǔ fān pén dì

the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang

大啖一番

dà dàn yī fān

to have a square meal

几次三番

jǐ cì sān fān

lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly