Meaning of pān:
番
surname Pan
Tā zài ménkǒu yùdào le yī gè xìng Pān de rén.
他在门口遇到了一个姓潘的人。
He met a person with the surname Pan at the door.
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
Wǒ cóng wèi qùguò rènhé fān guó lǚxíng.
我从未去过任何番国旅行。
I have never traveled to any foreign countries.
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")
Xuéxí yī mén xīn yǔyán xūyào hěn cháng shíjiān hé duō cì de nǔlì, měi yī fān de liànxí dōu hěn zhòngyào.
学习一门新语言需要很长时间和多次的努力，每一番的练习都很重要。
Learning a new language takes a long time and repeated efforts; each effort is very important.
Tā duì zhè jiàn shìqíng yǒu bùtóng de fān kànfǎ.
他对这件事情有不同的番看法。
He has a different kind of perspective on this matter.
Tā xīwàng tōngguò nǔlì, tā de shōurù nénggòu fān yī fān.
他希望通过努力，他的收入能够翻一番。
He hopes that through hard work, his income can double.
