更番
gēng fān
Pinyin

Definition

更番
 - 
gēng fān
  1. alternately
  2. by turns

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

更
gēng
  1. 1 to change or replace
  2. 2 to experience
  3. 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
更新
gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new
  2. 2 to renew
  3. 3 to renovate
  4. 4 to upgrade
  5. 5 to update
  6. 6 to regenerate
更加
gèng jiā
  1. 1 more (than sth else)
  2. 2 even more
更年期
gēng nián qī
  1. 1 menopause
  2. 2 andropause
番
Pān
  1. 1 surname Pan
番茄
fān qié
  1. 1 tomato
三更
sān gēng
  1. 1 third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
  2. 2 midnight
  3. 3 also pr. [sān jīn]
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
半夜三更
bàn yè sān gēng
  1. 1 in the depth of night
  2. 2 late at night
吐鲁番
Tǔ lǔ fān
  1. 1 Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
吐鲁番市
Tǔ lǔ fān shì
  1. 1 Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
打更
dǎ gēng
  1. 1 to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
更上一层楼
gèng shàng yī céng lóu
  1. 1 to take it up a notch
  2. 2 to bring it up a level
更动
gēng dòng
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to replace
  3. 3 to alter
更名
gēng míng
  1. 1 to change name
更换
gēng huàn
  1. 1 to replace (a worn-out tire etc)
  2. 2 to change (one's address etc)
更改
gēng gǎi
  1. 1 to alter
更新世
Gēng xīn shì
  1. 1 Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
更新版
gēng xīn bǎn
  1. 1 new edition
  2. 2 new version
  3. 3 update

Idioms (11)

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
更有甚者
gèng yǒu shèn zhě
  1. 1 furthermore (idiom)
更深人静
gēng shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
  1. 1 to stay up through the night (idiom)
百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
  1. 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
  2. 2 to continue to further successes
  3. 3 not to rest on one's laurels
自力更生
zì lì gēng shēng
  1. 1 regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)
  2. 2 self-reliance
万象更新
wàn xiàng gēng xīn
  1. 1 (in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
除旧更新
chú jiù gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new (idiom)

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