番番

Chinese

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (番番)		番	番
simp. #(番番)		番	番

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānfān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ faan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-fân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-hoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānfān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanfan
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-fan¹
    • Yale: fān-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanfan
    • Palladius: фаньфань (fanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ faan¹
    • Yale: fāan fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-fân
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˊ fan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ fan²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: huan-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ huan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/

Adverb

番番

1. time after time; again and again

Noun

番番

1. every time; everything

Derived terms

• 番番是福

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōbō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bobo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-po¹
    • Yale: bwō-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bobo
    • Palladius: бобо (bobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pa pa

Rime
Character	番
Reading #	4/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博禾切
Baxter	pa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwa/
Li Rong	/puɑ/
Wang Li	/puɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤar  pˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːl  paːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	番
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bō
Middle Chinese	‹ pa ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁar/
English	martial
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	番
Reading #	1/5
No.	2871
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	波
Old Chinese	/*paːl/

Adjective

番番

1. (literary) valiant; courageous

   • 申伯番番、既入于謝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     申伯番番、既入于谢。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shēn bó bōbō, jì rù yú Xiè. [Pinyin]

     Martial-like, the chief of Shen,
     Entered into Xie.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pópó

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴ po⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pópó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pópó
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²-pʻo²
    • Yale: pwó-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porpor
    • Palladius: попо (popo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po⁴ po⁴
    • Yale: pòh pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ pʰɔː²¹/

Adjective

番番

1. (literary) Alternative form of 皤皤 (pópó, “white; whitehaired”)