番 fān▶ บาง, บ้าง

Stroke order

番 is written in 12 strokes.

• 番

Senses

1. (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
2. classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
3. (classifier) a kind; a sort

Related words

• 法人นิติบุคคล
• 繁华พลุกพล่าน, คึกคัก

番 is pronounced fān and means “บาง, บ้าง”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 番 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.