翻番
fānfān
to double
Characters in this word
番 fān
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 过去五年里，该公司的海外订单几乎翻番，但管理能力并没有同步提升。 Guòqù wǔ nián lǐ, gāi gōngsī de hǎiwài dìngdān jīhū fānfān, dàn guǎnlǐ nénglì bìng méiyǒu tóngbù tíshēng. Over the past five years, the company's overseas orders nearly doubled, but its management capacity did not improve at the same pace.
- 这家小店的生意比去年翻番了。 Zhè jiā xiǎodiàn de shēngyi bǐ qùnián fānfān le. This little shop's business has doubled compared with last year.
- 如果工资能翻番，我就可以早点买房。 Rúguǒ gōngzī néng fānfān, wǒ jiù kěyǐ zǎodiǎn mǎi fáng. If my salary could double, I could buy a home sooner.
Related words
- 翻 fān to turn over; to flip through
- 翻译 fānyì to translate; translator
- 翻来覆去 fānláifùqù over and over; to toss and turn
- 翻身 fānshēn to turn over; to free oneself from hardship
- 翻天覆地 fāntiānfùdì earth-shaking; tremendous
- 翻新 fānxīn to renovate; to refurbish
- 推翻 tuīfān to overthrow; to overturn; to refute
- 番 fān measure word for actions, occurrences
- 三番五次 sānfānwǔcì repeatedly; again and again
- 持平 chípíng to remain level; to be on a par with
- 递增 dìzēng to increase progressively
- 反弹 fǎntán to rebound; backlash