# 三番五次 (sānfānwǔcì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 三番五次 (sānfānwǔcì) means “time and again; repeatedly”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: time and again; repeatedly
- Pinyin: sānfānwǔcì (san1 fan1 wu3 ci4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我已经三番五次地提醒他了。
  Wǒ yǐjīng sānfānwǔcì de tíxǐng tā le.
  I reminded him time and again.

## Characters

- [三](https://hanziro.com/word/san-three/) (sān): three
- [番](https://hanziro.com/word/fan-actions/) (fān): (measure word) for actions
- [五](https://hanziro.com/word/wu-five/) (wǔ): five
- [次](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-times/) (cì): (measure word) for times

https://hanziro.com/word/san-fan-wu-ci-time-and-again/

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