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方 fāng direction
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#291
Chapter-18 HSK-A
4 strokes
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Fang originally meant, and is supposed to be a picture of, two boats joined together. Then it came to mean square, and by extension a place. Here it stands for the colloquial 方法 fang fa a means of doing. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
方
fāng
square/power or involution (mathematics)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just when/only or just/classifier for square things/abbr. for square or cubic meter/surname Fang
Phrases ending with the given character
三sān
次cì
方fāng
cube (third power, math.)
二èr
次cì
方fāng
square (i.e. x times x)
借jiè
入rù
方fāng
borrower/debit side (of a balance sheet)
千qiān
金jīn
方fāng
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]
半bàn
官guān
方fāng
semi-official
占zhàn
地dì
方fang
to take up space
合hé
作zuò
方fāng
(business) partner
在zài
下xià
方fāng
beneath
承chéng
租zū
方fāng
borrower/leaser/the hiring side of a contract
投tóu
保bǎo
方fāng
policyholder (insurance)
东東dōng
北北běi
方方fāng
northeast/northeastern
东東dōng
西西xī
方方fāng
east and west/east to west
检檢jiǎn
控控kòng
方方fāng
the prosecuting side (in a trial)/the prosecution
水shuǐ
立lì
方fāng
Water Cube, nickname of Beijing national aquatics center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic games
第dì
三sān
方fāng
third party
缔締dì
约約yuē
方方fāng
party in a contract, treaty etc
西xī
北běi
方fāng
northwest/northwestern
非fēi
官guān
方fāng
unofficial