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fan of a singer
HSK 3
fan (ball sports) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *饭* | 饭* | *饭
cooked rice / CL: / meal / CL: 頓|顿 / (loanword) fan / devotee
HSK 1
film enthusiast / movie fan / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
fan / CL:
HSK 5
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  *迷* | 迷* | *迷
to bewilder / crazy about / fan / enthusiast / lost / confused
HSK 3
to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite / to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
HSK 7-9
bladeless fan
bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles / fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
HSK 7-9
table fan / desk fan
Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录
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  *扇* | 扇* | *扇
to fan / to slap sb on the face
HSK 5
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  *扇* | 扇* | *扇
fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc
HSK 5
fan / zealot
darlings / fans / followers / short form of 親愛的們|亲爱的们
(fig.) (coll.) to fleece a group of people repeatedly (esp. small investors, consumers or fans), treating them as an endlessly renewable resource to harvest for profit
electric fan / CL: , 臺|台
(slang) fan of Apple products
die-hard fan
people from the same workplace or profession; co-worker; colleague / (fandom) fan creator or enthusiast involved in derivative works (e.g. fan fiction, fan art)
HSK 7-9
(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
music fan
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  *粉* | 粉* | *粉
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝) / to be a fan of
HSK 7-9
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls
to fan / to flap / to incite / to instigate (a strike etc)
fan / fanatic
to get more fans; to gain followers
fan fiction
lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
football fan
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
folding fan
to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹)
to lose fans
Harry Potter fan (slang)
furry (fan of anthropomorphic animal characters)
die-hard (fan etc)
rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan
connoisseur / appreciative person / fan
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  *范* | 范* | *范
surname Fan
(of an author, musician etc) to sign (books, records etc) purchased by fans
fan lobster (esp. species of the genera Ibacus or Parribacus, both belonging to the slipper lobster family)
exhaust fan
(neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan / to garner new fans
fan / ventilator
tower fan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樊* | 樊* | *樊
surname Fan
(Internet slang) to go from being indifferent to being a big fan
(idiom) to fan the flames / to incite people / to stir up trouble
fan community / fandom
to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream
circular fan
Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
(slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝)
a ceiling fan / a punka
(political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)
Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth
palm-leaf fan
Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player
baseball fan
(coll.) gesture by an idol aimed at delighting fans (e.g. winking or throwing signed items); to interact with fans in such a manner (loanword from Japanese "fansābisu" – literally, "fan service")
Fan County or Fanxian, a county in Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市, Henan
passionate fan (of a celebrity); stan
central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan
support group (e.g. for an election candidate) / fan club
The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任
(theater) personal prop (spectacles, fan etc)
electric fan
(neologism c. 2014) celebrity with a huge, devoted fan base / celebrity with a huge following on social media
On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹
fan of one particular member of a pop idol band who denigrates and defames the other members
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
"zombie fans", fake followers that can be bought to boost one's popularity on Weibo, Baidu etc
Dakota Fanning, American actress
electric fan
fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
to fan oneself / to fan (sb)
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  *翿* | 翿* | *翿
feather banner or fan
palm-leaf fan / cattail-leaf fan
fan blade
palm-leaf fan
avid fan who anxiously awaits new content
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  *箑* | 箑* | *箑
fan
fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
pedestal fan; stand fan
to increase one's followers; to get more fans
vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)
Christine Fan (1976-), American-born Taiwanese singer and actress
Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist
exhaust fan
(slang) anti-fan
(dialect) (fig.) to fan the flames; to fuel sb's anger
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  *纛* | 纛* | *纛
big banner / feather banner or fan
Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art
round silk fan
lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁, containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty
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  *煽* | 煽* | *煽
to fan into a flame / to incite
to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy / an inscribed poem
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  *翣* | 翣* | *翣
wooden fan carried in procession


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