三番五次
sānfānwǔcì
repeatedly; again and again
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
五 wǔ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 — two
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
次 cì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- Made of
- 冫 ice 欠 to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他三番五次迟到，大家都很生气。 Tā sānfānwǔcì chídào, dàjiā dōu hěn shēngqì. He was late again and again, and everyone got angry.
- 妈妈三番五次提醒我带伞，我还是忘了。 Māma sānfānwǔcì tíxǐng wǒ dài sǎn, wǒ háishì wàng le. Mum reminded me again and again to take an umbrella, but I still forgot.
- 老板三番五次更改方案，同事们都有些不耐烦。 Lǎobǎn sānfānwǔcì gēnggǎi fāng'àn, tóngshìmen dōu yǒuxiē bù nàifán. The boss changed the plan again and again, and his colleagues grew a bit impatient.
Related words
- 三 sān three
- 再三 zàisān again and again
- 丢三落四 diūsānlàsì forgetful; careless about details
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān one after another; in succession
- 举一反三 jǔyīfǎnsān to draw inferences from one example
- 三角 sānjiǎo triangle; triangular
- 三维 sānwéi three-dimensional
- 朝三暮四 zhāosānmùsì to be fickle; to change one's mind constantly
- 番 fān measure word for actions, occurrences
- 翻番 fānfān to double
- 五 wǔ five
- 五颜六色 wǔyánliùsè colorful