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fàn

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fàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fàn | fan4
English translation
to deal in
to buy and sell
to trade in
to retail
to peddle
merchant, peddler; to deal in, to trade

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About fàn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

fàn

Contains the radical

Bèi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

money

Etymology of fàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

贝反

Semantic compound

Bèi

Phonetic compound

fǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and fǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of fàn .

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Example sentences using fàn

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mài 水果 shuǐguǒ de 小贩 xiǎo fàn tuī zhāo de 车子 chē zi zài 街上 jiē shang 艰难 jiānnán de zǒu zhāo .

The fruIt'seller trundled his cart along the street.

yǒu rén 发现 fāxiàn 毒品 dúpǐn 贩卖 fànmài 牵涉 qiān shè hěn shēn .

He was found to have a deep involvement in drug dealing.

安东尼 Ān dōng ní 尚未 shàng wèi gān 计时 jì shí 贩毒 fàn dú de 买卖 mǎi mài , dàn shuì 正在 zhèngzài 考虑 kǎolǜ 这样 zhè yàng zuò .

Anthony isn't clocking yet, but says he's considering it.

那个 nà ge 小商贩 xiǎo shāng fàn piàn le 我们 wǒmen de Qián .

The pedlar sponged money off us.

贩毒 fàn dú 赚来 de Qián bèi zhuǎn 用来 yòng lái bàn 一些 yī xiē 较为 jiào wéi 正派 zhèng pài de 企业 qǐyè .

It recycles drug money into more respectable enterprises.

Words with fàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
毒贩 dú fàn drug dealer毒販
贩毒 fàn dú drugs trade販毒
贩卖 fànmài to sell販賣
贩子 fàn zǐ trafficker販子
fàn to deal in fàn
小贩 xiǎo fàn peddler小販
商贩 shāng fàn trader商販
摊贩 tān fàn peddler攤販
票贩子 piào fàn zi ticket scalper票販子
贩运 fàn yùn to transport (for sale)販運
量贩式 liàng fàn shì at wholesale price量販式
贩私 fàn sī illegal trading販私
二道贩子 èr dào fàn zi middleman二道販子
贩夫走卒 fàn fū zǒu zú common people販夫走卒
小商贩 xiǎo shāng fàn small trader小商販
贩夫 fàn fū peddler販夫

fàn Decomposition & Compounds

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fàn Decomposition

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