番[fān]

名

1. aborigines

2. foreign; barbarian

3. (used in names for certain plants originally introduced from abroad)

♦ 番茄

♦ 番薯

量

1. (for actions, deeds, etc.)

♦ 下过一~功夫 have put in a lot of time and effort

♦ 费了一~口舌才使他回心转意。 It took a lot of talking to bring him round.

♦ 她上上下下打量了我一~。 She looked me up and down.

2. (used with the numeral 一 only) kind

♦ 洞里别有一~天地。 The cave is an altogether different world.

3. (used after the verb 翻) times; -fold

♦ 翻番