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fán

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fán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fán | fan2
English translation
ordinary
commonplace
mundane
temporal
of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)
every
all
whatever
altogether
gist
outline
note of Chinese musical scale
variant of fán [fán]
any, every, all; common, ordinary

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About fán

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

fán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A plate or flat dish; an everyday item

Etymology of fán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

几丶

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a plate or dish. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using fán

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办理 bànlǐ 办法 bànfǎ 凡是 fánshì tōng gōng tái ǎi Dāo jià , zài 刀架上面 shàng miàn zēng 块刀 diàn .

Treatment methods normally through elevation turret tool holder with a knife.

凡是 fánshì 天外 Tiān Wài de 东西 dōngxī 总是 zǒngshì 永远 yǒngyuǎn 引得 yǐn dé 心痒 nán āo , niàn 不已 bù yǐ .

I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.

塞卢奎地区 dìqū de 所有 suǒyǒu qián 沙姆 fán 岩石 yánshí jūn 分布 fēnbù 推覆 de 倒转 dào zhuǎn Zhōng .

All the pre - Shamvaian rocks in the Selukwe area lie on the inverted limb of this fold.

fán wèi hǎn Yìn 记者 jìzhě Quán 假货 jiǎ huò .

None are genuine without our stamp.

[ yàn ]凡人 fán rén jiē yǒu 得意 déyì zhī [ shí ].

Every dog has its day.

Words with fán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
fán ordinary fán
平凡 píngfán commonplace平凡 píngfán
非凡 fēi fán out of the ordinary非凡 fēi fán
凡是 fánshì every凡是 fánshì
凡事 fán shì everything凡事 fán shì
凡人 fán rén mortal凡人 fán rén
不凡 bù fán out of the ordinary不凡 bù fán
伊凡 Yī fán Ivan (Russian name)伊凡 Yī fán
超凡 chāo fán out of the ordinary超凡 chāo fán
自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán self-important自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán
但凡 dàn fán every single但凡 dàn fán
不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng brilliant不同凡響
下凡 xià fán to descend to the world (of immortals)下凡 xià fán
不平凡 bù píng fán marvelous不平凡 bù píng fán
凡士林 fán shì lín vaseline (loanword)凡士林 fán shì lín
凡间 fán jiān the secular world凡間
凡尔赛 Fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris)凡爾賽
凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ
大凡 dà fán generally大凡 dà fán
凡响 fán xiǎng ordinary tones凡響

fán Decomposition & Compounds

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fán Decomposition

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fán Compounds

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  • fán
    • gǒng
    • yíng
    • yíng
      • yíng , ,
    • fān , fàn , fán , fán , fān , péng , luǒ , , , , , , , fán ,
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