番 faan¹ {fān}

points for mahjong game (Cantonese)

番 faan¹ {fān}

1. foreign country
2. foreigner
3. foreign (non-Chinese)
4. barbarian
5. classifier for occurrences (of an action or deed)
6. -fold (as in twofold etc)
7. kind
8. sort

番 faan¹ {Pān}

surname Pan

番鴨〔-鸭〕 faan¹ aap³ {fān yā}

musk duck (spoken)

番地 faan¹ dei⁶ {fān dì}

foreigner place

番梘〔-枧〕 faan¹ gaan² {fān jiǎn}

(noun) soap

番工 faan¹ gung¹ {fān gōng}

going to work (spoken)

番鬼 faan¹ gwai² {fān guǐ}

the slang for a 'white westerner'

番人 faan¹ jan⁴ {fān rén}

foreigner

番茜 faan¹ sai¹ {fān qiàn}

parsley

番攤〔-摊〕 faan¹ taan¹ {fān tān}

'fan-tan' (a gambling game)

番話〔-话〕 faan¹ waa² {fān huà}

(noun) a Western language

番邦 faan¹ bong¹ {fān bāng}

1. (old) foreign land
2. alien nation

番菜 faan¹ coi³ {fān cài}

1. (old) Western-style food
2. foreign food

番刀 faan¹ dou¹ {fān dāo}

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

番番 faan¹ faan¹ {fān fān}

time and time again

番瓜 faan¹ gwaa¹ {fān guā}

(dialect) pumpkin

番客 faan¹ haak³ {fān kè}

1. (old) foreigner
2. alien
3. (dialect) overseas Chinese

番號〔-号〕 faan¹ hou⁶ {fān hào}

number of military unit

番茄 faan¹ ke² {fān qié}

tomato

番路 faan¹ lou⁶ {Fān lù}

Fanlu township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣, west Taiwan

番麥〔-麦〕 faan¹ mak⁶ {fān mài}

corn (Taiwanese)

番薯 faan¹ syu² {fān shǔ}

1. (dialect) sweet potato
2. yam

番椒 faan¹ ziu¹ {fān jiāo}

1. hot pepper
2. chili

番禺 pun¹ jyu⁴ {Pān yú}

1. Panyu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市, Guangdong
2. Panyu county in Guangdong province

番鬼佬 faan¹ gwai² lou² {fān guǐ lǎo}

(noun) Western people; a Westerner; a foreigner

番鬼妹 faan¹ gwai² mui⁶ {fān guǐ mèi}

young western female (spoken)

番鬼婆 faan¹ gwai² po⁴ {fān guǐ pó}

(noun) a Western lady

番鬼仔 faan¹ gwai² zai² {fān guǐ zǐ}

(noun) a Western boy

番書仔〔-书-〕 faan¹ syu¹ zai² {fān shū zǐ}

student who studied abroad (spoken)

番薯糖 faan¹ syu⁵ tong⁴ seoi² {fān shǔ táng}

sweet potato soup

番紅花〔-红-〕 faan¹ hung⁴ faa¹ {fān hóng huā}

saffron (Crocus sativus)

番茄汁 faan¹ ke² zap¹ {fān qié zhī}

tomato juice

番茄醬〔--酱〕 faan¹ ke² zoeng³ {fān qié jiàng}

1. ketchup
2. tomato sauce

番荔枝 faan¹ lai⁶ zi¹ {fān lì zhī}

1. custard apple
2. soursop (Annonaceae)

番路鄉〔--乡〕 faan¹ lou⁶ hoeng¹ {Fān lù xiāng}

Fanlu township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣, west Taiwan

番木瓜 faan¹ muk⁶ gwaa¹ {fān mù guā}

papaya

番瀉葉〔-泻叶〕 faan¹ se³ jip⁶ {fān xiè yè}

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

番石榴 faan¹ sek⁶ lau² {fān shí liu}

guava (fruit)

番禺區〔--区〕 pun¹ jyu⁴ keoi¹ {Pān yú qū}

Panyu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市, Guangdong

番鬼荔枝 faan¹ gwai² lai⁶ zi¹ {fān guǐ lì zhī}

sugar-apple (fruit)

番鬼蒲桃 faan¹ gwai² pou⁴ tou² {fān guǐ pú tao}

southern fruits; wax apple / Jambu air (a type of fruit)

番茄炒蛋 faan¹ ke² caau² daan² {fān qié chǎo dàn}

scrambled eggs with tomato

番薯糖水 faan¹ syu² tong⁴ seoi² {fān shǔ táng shuǐ}

sweet soup with sweet potatoes

番茄紅素〔--红-〕 faan¹ ke² hung⁴ sou³ {fān qié hóng sù}

Lycopene

番木鱉鹼〔--鳖碱〕 faan¹ muk⁶ bit³ gaan² {fān mù biē jiǎn}

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

番鬼佬月餅〔----饼〕 faan¹ gwai² lou² jyut⁶ beng² {fān guǐ lǎo yuè bǐng}

(homophone) boring

番鬼佬涼茶〔---凉-〕 faan¹ gwai² lou² loeng⁴ caa⁴ {fān guǐ lǎo liáng chá}

(metaphor) beer

番禺廣場站〔--广场-〕 faan¹ jyu⁴ gwong² coeng⁴ zaam⁶ {Pān yú guǎng chǎng zhàn}

Panyu Square Station (a metro station in Guangzhou)