| 几次三番 |
jǐ cì sān fān |
lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly / over and over again |
| 几 |
jī |
small table |
| 几 |
jī |
almost |
| 几 |
jǐ |
how much / how many / several / a few |
| 几次 |
jǐ cì |
several times |
| 次 |
cì |
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 番 |
Pān |
surname Pan |
| 番 |
fān |
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind; a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻 to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double") |