Chinese word dictionary

番界

fān jiè · territory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan (old)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified番界

Traditional番界

Pinyinfān jiè

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

番fān

to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn

界jiè

boundary, limit; domain; society, the world

How to learn 番界

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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世界shìjiè

world; CL:個|个[ge4]

番茄fānqié

tomato

番fān

(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")

外界wàijiè

the outside world; external

边界biānjiè

boundary; border

翻番fānfān

to double; to increase by a certain number of times