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Definitions
- 1. square
- 2. power or involution (math.)
- 3. upright
- 4. honest
- 5. fair and square
- 6. direction
- 7. side
- 8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
- 9. place
- 10. method
- 11. prescription (medicine)
- 12. just when
- 13. only or just
- 14. classifier for square things
Example Sentences
1 shown風從東 方 吹來。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 方
police
(math.) to extract a cube root
Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[nán yáng], Henan
cube
cube root (math.)
(raised to the) nth power
borrower
difference equation (math.)
parties to a contract (law)
the bride's side (of a wedding)
seller (in contracts)
compound prescription (involving several medicines)
our side
unilateral threat
Australopithecus
see 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fāng ruì yuán záo]
Post-it note
see 眼觀四面，耳聽八方|眼观四面，耳听八方[yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng]
learned person
ship (commerce)
terms of payment
refers to 百花運動|百花运动[bǎi huā yùn dòng] with its slogan 百花齊放，百家爭鳴|百花齐放，百家争鸣
on the other hand
the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc)
cube
subdialect
(math.) system of polynomial equations
(business) partner
(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
unilateral
all sides; all aspects
see 青龍|青龙[qīng lóng]
square roof
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
same place as before
square-jawed face
chi-square (math.)
northwest
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
Oriental Daily News
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
the prosecuting side (in a trial)
cube (third power, math.)
the rear
local official
see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuāng bǎi fāng zhēn]
(arch.) metal horn attached as shield to horse or to the axle of a chariot
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
ancient books and volumes
contact details
methodology
technology program
the prosecution
portable building; demountable building; transportable building; (UK) portacabin
histogram
(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
expert
ordinary differential equation (ODE)
general policy
Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit)
third party
first party (law)
method
imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)
northeast
Chinese characters
folk remedy
the losing side
all parties (in a dispute etc)
Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
governing method
(bird species of China) variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata)
Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[nán yáng], Henan
unidirectional
Southern Weekend (newspaper)
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc)
major policy of the national government
the West
(government) department
Monte Carlo method (math.)
local chronicles
military
Latin square (math. puzzle)
cuboid
medicinal concoction in paste form (TCM)
(measurement) (after a length) square (as in \10 feet square\)
proportional to inverse square (physics)
direction; orientation
respect
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[yuè jù], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[chuān jù], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[yù jù] etc
arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc
Nanfang-ao Port in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
somewhere
official language
to realize only then
rules of arithmetic
folk remedy
over-the-counter drug
a tried and tested medical prescription
integral equation (math.)
wave equation (math. physics)
bilateral agreement
(linguistics) eye dialect
divot (golf)
sense of direction
square meter
(math.) polynomial equation
a party (in a contract or legal case)
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
prescription (of medicine)
to act unappreciatively in response to a kindness
the eight points of the compass
Oriental Pearl Tower
to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
credit side (of a balance sheet)
Rubik's cube
algebraic equation
deceived by a pretense of reason (idiom)
beneath
Westerner
Zhongfang county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan
borrower
the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)
(slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship anime, it meant \Danger! High energy up ahead!\ — a warning to either prepare for battle or take evasive action)
interested party
murine typhus fever
cubic meter (unit of volume)
headscarf
square kilometer
to collapse
Fangzhuang neighborhood of Beijing
right-hand side
ark
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
government
good medicine
ancient prescription
(in business etc) your side
(bird species of China) western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
(bird species of China) oriental plover (Charadrius veredus)
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
Fangshan county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik
Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
cubic centimeter
local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[yuè jù], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[chuān jù], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[yù jù] etc
If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom)
the owners of a private enterprise
perimeter
the other person; the other side; the other party
(TCM) folk remedy
Rubik's cube
full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous
can then (and only then)
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
against orders
analogy
local autonomy
imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)
buyer (in contracts)
to take up space
northerner
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
cubic meter (m³)
alchemist
Bloemfontein
unilateral declaration
direction
upright
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
variance (statistics)
mean square
semiofficial
collect call
a novice making a fool of himself
partial differential equation (PDE)
square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)
earthwork
unofficial
square
just now
square kilometer
Eastern civilization
prescription
(idiom) to become agitated
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school
Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)
lenticular brackets (【】 or 〖〗)
credit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方[shōu fāng]
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
Fanny (name)
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
way of life
linear equation (math.)
rectangle
Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
(bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
full of vim
a slow march
collect call
to pace
collision in which only one party is at fault
cube (math.)
Dongfang City, Hainan
square brackets [ ]
Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)
Schrödinger's wave equation
root mean square (RMS)
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
Diophantine equation
face-centered cubic (FCC) (math.)
equation
region
all around
(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
generous
to put a square peg in a round hole
where?
receiving party
east
letter from afar (literary)
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
to exhaust every means to achieve sth (idiom)
flowchart
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[yáng xióng] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom)
Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
many-sided
party in a contract, treaty etc
China Eastern Airlines
six-sided talks (on North Korea)
far away
labor (as opposed to capital or management)
a rectangular parallelepiped
Oriental Pearl Television Tower
to decide without reference to other parties involved
azimuth
operating method
linear equation (math.)
produced locally
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
area
eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus
noun of locality (linguistics)
orientation
debit balance (accountancy)
bilateral
way; manner; style; mode; pattern
Formula One
on the one hand
inverse square law (physics)
galena
county court
(math.) indeterminate equation
Dongfang Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
leeward
(medicine) to write out a prescription
square
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
convenient
to do things right
square dance (traditional American dance)
medical prescription
square headed nut
square root
enemy
east and west
directionality (molecular biology)
excavated soil and rock
hexagonal close-packed (HCP) (math.)
borrower
regionalism
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
China Eastern Airlines
see 方帽[fāng mào]
our side
plan
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom)
Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate
all parties involved
program of action
roe deer
simultaneous equations (math.)
square headed
square-shaped
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom)
The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song
(idiom) confused
the Magi
prescription
instant noodles
Fangshan county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck)
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center
sugar cube
equations of motion
square foot (unit of area equal to 0.093 m²)
Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[shuāng yā shān], Heilongjiang
(statistics) covariance
quadratic equation
second party (law) (contrasted with 甲方[jiǎ fāng])
(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方[dà fāng], 小方[xiǎo fāng], 緩方|缓方[huǎn fāng], 急方[jí fāng], 奇方[jī fāng], 偶方[ǒu fāng] and 重方[chóng fāng] or 複方|复方[fù fāng]
Sifang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
policy
to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
the Korean side
square-shaped formation (military)
both sides (in contract)
Tetris (video game)
settlement terms (accountancy, law)
south
four-way
Dafang county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou
inverse-square law (physics)
prescription of elixir
prescription drug
distant places
place above (it)
unilateral
(math.) root (as in \fourth root (∜)\, 4次方根[sì cì fāng gēn])
Eastern and Western culture
Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[shuāng yā shān], Heilongjiang
squared paper
Rubik's cube
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
mathematical equation
chemical equation
Help others, and others may help you (idiom).
for example; for instance
in all directions
mnemonic method
(bird species of China) oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
(computer) shortcut
Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
underneath
learned person
(law) the defense
north
differential equation (math.)
to make a fool of oneself
access method
The Arabian Nights (classic story)
(bird species of China) western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
square
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power
inconvenience
buyer's market
in many ways
square (i.e. x times x)
processed ham product
cubic equation (math.)
ahead
confident
many-sided
to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
(bird species of China) oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)
steering wheel
side (in a formal debate)
prescription
(math.) simultaneous equations
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
prescribed preparation
direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate)
western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus
methodology
unable to discipline a child
mortarboard; square academic cap
linear equation
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
hexagonal
Command right and you will be obeyed cheerfully. (idiom)
Arabian
the bridegroom's side
Fang La
local
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide
secret recipe
trapezium (geometry)
checked pattern
universal differential equation
(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)