<p>I did some study on this. Here is my two cents.</p>

<p>番, Fan1, is a measurement word for a piece of sheet, for example, paper, gold sheet, or land. 金薄十万番, 吏以纸万番赆之, 一番江水一番鱼.</p>

<p>番，when used in calculation，means the base number. There are 2 cases: 加番，翻番. For example, if the area of a piece of paper is 100 square centimeters, then 一番 = 100 (cm^2).</p>

<p>加1番=100+100, 加N番=100+N*100. </p>

<p>翻1番=100*(1+1)=200,翻2番= 翻1番 and 翻1番 again. (100*(1+1))(1+1)=200*2=400, etc.</p>

<p>加 means to put in another piece of paper.</p>

<p>翻 means to turn the paper to the other side, like turn over a page of a book. So it means double.</p>

<p>I checked a couple of online dictionaries, there are for sure some misleading.</p>

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So in my sentence, '翻‘ = ’加‘。 Is that correct?
Pedroski
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No. 翻番 is not 加番.
PdotWang
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<p>I think this means 'double the sales volume', but 翻 can mean 'turnover' as in 'sales volume' or 'double'. '一番‘ seems to mean 'twofold'. I'm a bit confused. </p>

<p>。。。在未来十年内实现销售额翻一番， 。。。maybe = ...double the turnover in the next ten years ...</p>

<p>Which word is 'double'??</p>

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How much more is '翻一番‘
# How much more is '翻一番‘

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-12)

I think this means 'double the sales volume', but 翻 can mean 'turnover' as in 'sales volume' or 'double'. '一番‘ seems to mean 'twofold'. I'm a bit confused.

。。。在未来十年内实现销售额翻一番， 。。。maybe = ...double the turnover in the next ten years ...

Which word is 'double'??

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-12. Score: 0

I did some study on this. Here is my two cents.

番, Fan1, is a measurement word for a piece of sheet, for example, paper, gold sheet, or land. 金薄十万番, 吏以纸万番赆之, 一番江水一番鱼.

番，when used in calculation，means the base number. There are 2 cases: 加番，翻番. For example, if the area of a piece of paper is 100 square centimeters, then 一番 = 100 (cm^2).

加1番=100+100, 加N番=100+N\*100.

翻1番=100\*(1+1)=200,翻2番= 翻1番 and 翻1番 again. (100\*(1+1))(1+1)=200\*2=400, etc.

加 means to put in another piece of paper.

翻 means to turn the paper to the other side, like turn over a page of a book. So it means double.

I checked a couple of online dictionaries, there are for sure some misleading.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So in my sentence, '翻‘ = ’加‘。 Is that correct?  
> **username_1**: No. 翻番 is not 加番.  

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