1foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
2(classifier) a kind; a sort
3classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
4(classifier) (used after the verb 翻 to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double")
Examples
wǒ我bù不xǐ huan喜欢zhè这fān番huà话。
我不喜欢这番话。
I don't like these remarks.
我很后悔和他说了那番话。
I regret having said that to him.
我知道我昨天说的那番话把你弄得很生气。
I know you're probably mad about what I said yesterday.