# 番番
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fānfān
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄈㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^1$ faan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-fân
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-hoan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fānfān
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄈㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fanfan
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^1$-fan$^1$
*** Yale: fān-fān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanfan
*** Palladius: фаньфань (fanʹfanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^1$ faan$^1$
*** Yale: fāan fāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^1$ faan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^1$ fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-fân
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan$^ˊ$ fan$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^1$ fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ fan²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-hoan
*** Tâi-lô: huan-huan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoanhoafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ huan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/

#### Adverb

番番
* time after time; again and again

#### Noun

番番
* every time; everything

#### Derived terms

* 番番是福

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bōbō
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bōbō
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bobo
*** Wade–Giles: po$^1$-po$^1$
*** Yale: bwō-bwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bobo
*** Palladius: бобо (bobo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pa pa
Rime :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 4/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 博禾切 |
| Baxter | pa |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /puɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwa/ |
| Li Rong | /puɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /puɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /puɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bō |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bo$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤar pˤar/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paːl paːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pa › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁar/ |
| English | martial |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 1/5 |
| No. | 2871 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 波 |
| Old Chinese | /*paːl/ |

#### Adjective

番番
* (literary) valiant; courageous
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shēn bó bōbō, jì rù yú Xiè. [Pinyin]
    Martial-like, the chief of Shen, Entered into Xie.

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pópó
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): po$^4$ po$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pópó
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pópó
*** Wade–Giles: pʻo$^2$-pʻo$^2$
*** Yale: pwó-pwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porpor
*** Palladius: попо (popo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: po$^4$ po$^4$
*** Yale: pòh pòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: po$^4$ po$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: po$^4$ po$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔː²¹ pʰɔː²¹/

#### Adjective

番番
* (literary) Alternative form of 皤皤 (pópó, “white; whitehaired”)