方 fāng
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fāng
noun
square; quadrilateral; one side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 方形 (GHC '方' 4; Guoyu '方' n 1; Kroll 2015 '方' 1) -
fāng
proper noun
Fang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '方' n 9) -
fāng
noun
Kangxi radical 70
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '方' n 10) -
fāng
measure word
measure word for square things
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '方' n 8; NCCED '方' 11) -
fāng
adjective
square shaped
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Shape 形状
Notes: In the sense of 方形的 (GHC '方' 3; Guoyu '方' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '方' 1; NCCED '方' 1) -
fāng
noun
prescription
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 药方 (GHC '方' 10; Guoyu '方' n 6; NCCED '方' 9) -
fāng
noun
power; involution; abbreviation for a square meter or cubic meter
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
Notes: For example, 平方 'square' or 立方 'cube' (Guoyu '方' n 7; Kroll 2015 '方' 1a; NCCED '方' 10) -
fāng
adjective
local
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 方言 'dialect' (Guoyu '方' adj 2) -
fāng
noun
a way; a method
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 方 means 方法 or 办法. For example, 千方百计 'by every possible means' (CCI '千方百计'; GHC '方' 15; Guoyu '方' n 5; Kroll 2015 '方' 6; NCCED '方' 6). -
fāng
adverb
at the time when; just when
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 方 may be used as an adverbial marker to indicate simultaneity (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 121). For example, 及其壯也,血氣方剛,戒之在鬭 'When he is strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against quarrelsomeness.' (Lunyu: 16.7/46/14, translation by Legge; GHC '方' 19; Guoyu '方' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '方' 7; NCCED '方' 12) -
fāng
adverb
only; just
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 才 (Guoyu '方' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '方' 8; NCCED '方' 13) -
fāng
noun
a direction; a side; a position
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方向 or 方位 (GHC '方' 8; Guoyu '方' n 4; GHC '方' 11; Kroll 2015 '方' 4; NCCED '方' 3) -
fāng
noun
an area; a region
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 地方 'place' or 地域 'region' (GHC '方' 5, 7; Guoyu '方' n 2; Kroll 2015 '方' 4; NCCED '方' 2) -
fāng
noun
a party; a side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In contracts and insurance, as in 甲方 and 乙方 (NCCED '方' 4) -
fāng
noun
a principle; a formula
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 5a; NCCED '方' 5) -
fāng
adjective
honest; upright; proper
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 正直 (GHC '方' 14; Guoyu '方' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '方' 3; NCCED '方' 7) -
fāng
noun
magic
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '方' 16; NCCED '方' 8) -
fāng
noun
earth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: By metonymy, as opposed to Heaven, which is round (Guoyu '方' n 3; Kroll 2015 '方' 2) -
fāng
adjective
earthly; mundane
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 2a) -
fāng
noun
a scope; an aspect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方圆 or 周围 (GHC '方' 6; Kroll 2015 '方' 4a) -
fāng
adjective
side-by-side; parallel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相并, especially two boats (Kroll 2015 '方' 5) -
fāng
adjective
agreeable; equable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 5a) -
fāng
adverb
about to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Marks a future action in this sense, in the sense of 将 (GHC '方' 1; Guoyu '方' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '方' 9) -
fāng
adjective
equal; equivalent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相等 or 相当 (GHC '方' 2) -
fāng
verb
to compare
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 比拟 (GHC '方' 2) -
fāng
noun
a wooden tablet for writing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '方' 9) -
fāng
noun
a convention; a common practice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 常规 or 常法 (GHC '方' 12) -
fāng
noun
a law; a standard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 法度 or 准则 (GHC '方' 13) -
fāng
verb
to own; to possess
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 占有 (GHC '方' 17) -
fāng
verb
to disobey; to violate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 违 (GHC '方' 18) -
fāng
verb
to slander; to defame
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In place of 谤 (GHC '方' 21) -
páng
adjective
beside
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In place of 旁 (GHC '方' 22)
Contained in
- 南方 the South ; south; southern part
- 刘涓子鬼遗方(劉涓子鬼遺方) Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
- 盂方水方 If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square.
- 方向盘(方向盤) a steering wheel
- 天方 Arabia; Arabian
- 见方(見方) a (10 meter) square; a square of given side; make square
- 方块矩阵(方塊矩陣) square matrix
- 处方(處方) medical prescription
- 方块草皮(方塊草皮) divot (golf)
- 东方文明(東方文明) Eastern civilization
- 汉语方言(漢語方言) a Chinese dialect
- 遊方 to roam around
- 乘方 to square a number; to calculate the square
- 朔方 the north ; Shuofang
- 平方成反比 proportional to inverse square
- 踱方步 to pace; to stroll
- 单方向(單方向) unidirectional; single-aspect
- 眼观六路耳听八方(眼觀六路耳聽八方) the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
- 立方公尺 cubic meter m^3
- 方块(方塊) cube; block; square; rectangle ; diamond
- 地方主义(地方主義) regionalism; favoring one's local region
- 单方决定(單方決定) to decide without reference to other parties involved; unilateral decision
- 方册(方冊) ancient books and volumes; classical writings
- 二次方程 quadratic equation
- 想方设法(想方設法) to do everything possible
- 方枘圆凿(方枘圓鑿) to put a square peg in a round hole
- 技术方案(技術方案) technology program; technical solution
- 六方最密堆积(六方最密堆積) hexagonal close-packed (HCP)
- 东方青龙(東方青龍) Azure Dragon
- 方法论(方法論) methodology ; Discourse on the Method; Discours de la Méthode
- 方法学(方法學) methodology
- 东方航空(東方航空) China Eastern Airlines
- 缔约方(締約方) party in a contract, treaty etc
- 运行方式(運行方式) operating method; running mode
- 方解石 calcite
- 方头不劣(方頭不劣) to be vicious and unreasonable
- 东方红,太阳升(東方紅,太陽升) The east is red, the sun is rising.
- 刁藩都方程 Diophantine equation
- 方城 square castle
- 甲方 first party
- 方术(方術) the arts of necromancy, astrology, etc
- 东方叽咋柳莺(東方嘰咋柳鶯) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
- 汉方言(漢方言) Han Chinese dialects
- 方差比 variance ratio
- 承租方 borrower; leaser; the hiring side of a contract
- 六方会谈(六方會談) six-sided talks (on North Korea)
- 一醉方休 to get thoroughly drunk ; to get plastered
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- 卷34 志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 121
- 卷五十九 志第四十九 藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 77
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- 《王制》 Royal Regulations The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 44
Collocations
- 方叔 (方叔) 方叔涖止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 10
- 徐方 (徐方) 徐方繹騷 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧常武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Chang Wu — count: 7
- 方睦 (方睦) 蔡方睦於衛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 7
- 方中 (方中) 日之方中 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧簡兮 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jian Xi — count: 5
- 朱方 (朱方) 吳句餘予之朱方 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 不可方 (不可方) 不可方思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 3
- 方思 (方思) 不可方思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 3
- 方来 (方來) 徐方來庭 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧常武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Chang Wu — count: 2
- 允方 (允方) 顯允方叔 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 2
- 日月方 (日月方) 日月方除 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧小明 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xiao Ming — count: 2