範〔范〕 faan⁶ {fàn}

1. pattern
2. model
3. example

範文〔范-〕 faan⁶ man⁴ {fàn wén}

(noun) writing sample or sample essay

範圍〔范围〕 faan⁶ wai⁴ {fàn wéi}

area

範本〔范-〕 faan⁶ bun² {fàn běn}

1. model (example worthy of being imitated)
2. template

範疇〔范畴〕 faan⁶ cau⁴ {fàn chóu}

category

范曄〔-晔〕 faan⁶ jip⁶ {Fàn Yè}

historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書

範縣〔范县〕 faan⁶ jyun⁶ {Fàn xiàn}

Fan county in Puyang 濮陽, Henan

范蠡 faan⁶ lai⁵ {Fàn Lǐ}

Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist

範例〔范-〕 faan⁶ lai⁶ {fàn lì}

1. example
2. model case

範式〔范-〕 faan⁶ sik¹ {fàn shì}

paradigm

範圍〔范围〕 faan⁶ wai⁴ {fàn wéi}

1. range
2. scope
3. limit
4. extent
5. CL: 個

范縝〔-缜〕 faan⁶ zan² {Fàn Zhěn}

Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth

范曉萱〔-晓-〕 faan⁶ hiu² hyun¹ {fàn xiǎo xuān}

Mavis Fan, name of a Taiwanese singer

範疇論〔范畴论〕 faan⁶ cau⁴ leon⁶ {fàn chóu lùn}

1. category theory
2. general nonsense (math.)

范特西 faan⁶ dak⁶ sai¹ {fàn tè xī}

fantasy (loanword)

範公偁〔范--〕 faan⁶ gung¹ cing¹ {Fàn Gōng chēng}

Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄

范斯坦 faan⁶ si¹ taan² {Fàn sī tǎn}

Dianne Feinstein (1933-), US Senator from California

范思哲 faan⁶ si¹ zit³ {Fàn sī zhé}

Versace (fashion designer)

范瑋琪〔-玮-〕 faan⁶ wai⁵ kei⁴ {Fàn Wěi qí}

Christine Fan (1976-), American-born Taiwanese singer and actress

范志毅 faan⁶ zi³ ngai⁶ {Fàn Zhì yì}

Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player

范仲淹 faan⁶ zung⁶ jim¹ {Fàn Zhòng yān}

1. Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043
2. also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記

範德格拉夫〔范----〕 faan⁶ dak¹ gaak³ laai¹ fu¹ {Fàn Dé gé lā fū}

1. Van de Graaff (name)
2. Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist

範德瓦耳斯〔范----〕 faan⁶ dak¹ ngaa⁵ ji⁵ si¹ {Fàn dé Wǎ ěr sī}

1. van der Waals
2. Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist

範德瓦耳斯力〔范-----〕 faan⁶ dak¹ ngaa⁵ ji⁵ si¹ lik⁶ {Fàn dé Wǎ ěr sī lì}

van der Waals force (valency)

範德格拉夫起電機〔范-----电机〕 faan⁶ dak¹ gaak³ laai¹ fu¹ hei² din⁶ gei¹ {Fàn dé Gé lā fū qǐ diàn jī}

Van de Graaff generator