Chinese words pronounced fan (any tone) 40 words, in the 4 tones fan is read in. fān (1st tone) 9 words 翻(fān) to turn over 番(fān) foreign 藩(fān) fence 蕃(fān) foreign 帆(fān) sail 翻(fān) to turn over 番(fān) foreign 藩(fān) fence 蕃(fān) foreign 帆(fān) sail All 9 words pronounced fān fán (2nd tone) 19 words 凡(fán) ordinary 烦(fán) to feel vexed 繁(fán) complicated 蕃(fán) luxuriant 钒(fán) vanadium 凡(fán) ordinary 煩(fán) to feel vexed 繁(fán) complicated 蕃(fán) luxuriant 釩(fán) vanadium All 19 words pronounced fán fǎn (3rd tone) 5 words 反(fǎn) contrary 返(fǎn) to return 払(fǎn) to take 橎(fǎn) a kind of tree 魬(fǎn) sole or flounder 反(fǎn) contrary 返(fǎn) to return 払(fǎn) to take 橎(fǎn) a kind of tree 魬(fǎn) sole or flounder fàn (4th tone) 8 words 饭(fàn) cooked rice 犯(fàn) to violate 泛(fàn) general 范(fàn) pattern 贩(fàn) to deal in 飯(fàn) cooked rice 犯(fàn) to violate 泛(fàn) general 範(fàn) pattern 販(fàn) to deal in All 8 words pronounced fàn Often confused with fan fang in any tone 20 words