How to write 番

番 (fān) 1. Number of times, occurrences: 三～五次. English: Number of times, occurrences: three to five times. 2. Alternation, taking turns: 轮～. 更（gēng ）～. English: Alternation, taking turns: alternate shifts. 3. Referring to foreign countries or ethnicities: ～邦. ～茄. ～薯. English: Referring to foreign countries or ethnicities: foreign states, foreign eggplant, foreign sweet potato. 4. Times, folds: 产量翻了二～. English: Times, folds: production has doubled. 动 (verb) 1. Alternation, taking turns ([En.] take turns). Example: 顿兵一万，番代往来. English: Gather 10,000 troops, alternating back and forth. 2. Used synonymously with 翻 ([En.] turn). Example: 番将转来 (翻转过来); 番修 (翻修); 番身 (翻身) English: Turned over; renovate; turn over. 量 (measure word) 1. Time, occurrences ([En.] time). Example: 几番风雨; 番把 (几次); 番番是福 (every incident is auspicious) English: Several times of wind and rain; several occurrences; every incident is auspicious. 2. Kind ([En.] a kind of). Example: 别有一番天地; 别有一番滋味; 一番江水一番鱼 English: A different kind of world; a different kind of flavor; a certain water brings a certain type of fish. 3. Piece; slice ([En.] piece). Example: 宫中造清思院新殿，用铜镜三千片，黄白金薄十万番. English: In the palace, construct a new hall using 3,000 bronze mirrors and 100,000 layers of gold and silver. 4. Ancient unit of measuring paper ([En.] sheet). Example: 吏以纸万番赆之. English: The official rewarded with ten thousand sheets of paper. 5. Times ([En.] time; fold). Example: 翻番; 翻了一番. English: Doubled; has doubled. 形 (adjective) 1. Formerly referred to various minority ethnic groups and foreign countries at the western borders ([En.] foreign). Example: 番西 (Sichuan western minority regions); 番钱 (foreign currency); 番王 (leader of ethnic minorities); 番客 (foreign guest or Chinese in Southeast Asia). English: A term for different foreign ethnic groups. 2. Synonymous with 蕃 ([En.] luxuriant; flourishing). Example: 子子孙孙，永永番昌. English: Generations will flourish abundantly. 名 (noun) 1. Alternative for 藩 ([En.] fence). Example: 抗折其貌以象墁 (anti-break its appearance as a mud-coated fence). English: An alternative term denoting fenced areas. 2. See also: pān. 地名 (place name) 1. Location in China, Guangdong Province. English: Place name in China, located in Guangdong Province. 名 (noun) [pān] 1. Surname. English: A surname. 2. See also fān. 名 (noun) [pān] 1. Surname. Example: 皇父卿士，番维司徒. English: A mention of a historical figure related to the surname. 2. See also fān. 名 (noun) 1. Surname. References to ancient Chinese families. English: A reference to surnames in ancient history.