翻番

fānfān

verb HSK 7-9 #26,054

Meanings

HSK 6

公司的利润翻了一番。

Gōngsī de lìrùn fān le yīfān.

The company's profits doubled.

HSK 6

房价在十年内翻了好几番。

Fángjià zài shínián nèi fān le hǎojǐ fān.

Housing prices multiplied several times over in ten years.

grammar

翻一番 = double, 翻两番 = quadruple (2x2), 翻三番 = 8x (2x2x2). Each 番 represents another doubling, not a simple addition.

mistakes

翻一番 means to double (x2), not to increase by one time. 翻两番 means to quadruple (x4), not triple. Each 番 multiplies by 2.

翻 fān

番 fān