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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fānfān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄈㄢ
  - 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

time after time; again and again

Noun

番番

every time; everything

Derived terms

番番是福

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōbō

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄅㄛ

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

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

(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

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

(literary) alternative form of 皤皤 (pópó, “white; whitehaired”)