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HSK
5

turn

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

fan1 fān

Meaning


Primary

turn

Alternatives

turns, try, tries

Hint

This character means 'turn' in the sense of a single try or occurence, not in the sense of changing direction.

Mnemonic


[f-] Frodo is in [1] front of the [-an] pawn shop where he decides to have a 番 turn at growing a 田 rice field. He gets out a small bag of magic 釆 droppings (he just bought at the pawn shop) and starts sprinkling them in the 田 rice field that is in front of the pawn shop. He wonders if he will succeed on his first 番 turn.

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