fāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. square
  2. 2. power or involution (math.)
  3. 3. upright
  4. 4. honest
  5. 5. fair and square
  6. 6. direction
  7. 7. side
  8. 8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
  9. 9. place
  10. 10. method
  11. 11. prescription (medicine)
  12. 12. just when
  13. 13. only or just
  14. 14. classifier for square things

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 方

一方面
yī fāng miàn

on the one hand

上方
shàng fāng

place above (it)

偏方
piān fāng

folk remedy

全方位
quán fāng wèi

all around

前方
qián fāng

ahead

北方
běi fāng

north

千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì

lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

南方
nán fāng

south

另一方面
lìng yī fāng miàn

on the other hand

单方面
dān fāng miàn

unilateral

四面八方
sì miàn bā fāng

in all directions

地方
dì fāng

region

地方
dì fang

area

多方面
duō fāng miàn

many-sided

大方
dà fāng

expert

大方
dà fang

generous

官方
guān fāng

government

对方
duì fāng

the other person; the other side; the other party

平方
píng fāng

square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

平方米
píng fāng mǐ

square meter

想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means

方位
fāng wèi

direction

方便
fāng biàn

convenient

方便面
fāng biàn miàn

instant noodles

方向
fāng xiàng

direction; orientation

方向盘
fāng xiàng pán

steering wheel

方式
fāng shì

way; manner; style; mode; pattern

方方面面
fāng fāng miàn miàn

all sides; all aspects

方案
fāng àn

plan

方法
fāng fǎ

method

方言
fāng yán

the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[yáng xióng] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

方针
fāng zhēn

policy

方面
fāng miàn

respect

东方
dōng fāng

east

比方
bǐ fang

analogy

秘方
mì fāng

secret recipe

立方
lì fāng

cube (math.)

立方米
lì fāng mǐ

cubic meter (unit of volume)

药方
yào fāng

prescription

处方
chǔ fāng

medical prescription

西方
xī fāng

the West

远方
yuǎn fāng

far away

双方
shuāng fāng

bilateral

一方
yī fāng

a party (in a contract or legal case)

一次方程式
yī cì fāng chéng shì

linear equation (math.)

一次方程
yī cì fāng chéng

linear equation

一级方程式
yī jí fāng chéng shì

Formula One

一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū

to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)

七方
qī 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]

三次方程
sān cì fāng chéng

cubic equation (math.)

三次方
sān cì fāng

cube (third power, math.)

上方宝剑
shàng fāng bǎo jiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)

下方
xià fāng

underneath

下风方向
xià fēng fāng xiàng

leeward

不以规矩,不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

不定方程
bù dìng fāng chéng

(math.) indeterminate equation

不方便
bù fāng biàn

inconvenience

中国北方工业公司
zhōng guó běi fāng gōng yè gōng sī

China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)

中国东方航空
zhōng guó dōng fāng háng kōng

China Eastern Airlines

中方
zhōng fāng

the Chinese side (in an international venture)

中方县
zhōng fāng xiàn

Zhongfang county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan

丹方
dān fāng

folk remedy

乘方
chéng fāng

(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power

乙方
yǐ fāng

second party (law) (contrasted with 甲方[jiǎ fāng])

二次方
èr cì fāng

square (i.e. x times x)

二次方程
èr cì fāng chéng

quadratic equation

二百方针
èr bǎi fāng zhēn

see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuāng bǎi fāng zhēn]

五方
wǔ fāng

the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center

什么地方
shén me dì fang

somewhere

付方
fù fāng

credit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方[shōu fāng]

付款方式
fù kuǎn fāng shì

terms of payment

仙方
xiān fāng

prescription of elixir

代数方程
dài shù fāng chéng

algebraic equation

何方
hé fāng

where?

来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng

the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later

俄罗斯方块
é luó sī fāng kuài

Tetris (video game)

借入方
jiè rù fāng

borrower

借方
jiè fāng

borrower

借方差额
jiè fāng chā é

debit balance (accountancy)

偏微分方程
piān wēi fēn fāng chéng

partial differential equation (PDE)

传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng

to disseminate in every direction (idiom)

两方
liǎng fāng

both sides (in contract)

八字方针
bā zì fāng zhēn

a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan

八方
bā fāng

the eight points of the compass

六方
liù fāng

hexagonal

六方最密堆积
liù fāng zuì mì duī jī

hexagonal close-packed (HCP) (math.)

六方会谈
liù fāng huì tán

six-sided talks (on North Korea)

刁藩都方程
diāo fān dōu fāng chéng

Diophantine equation

利害关系方
lì hài guān xi fāng

interested party

前方高能
qián fāng gāo néng

(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)

刘涓子鬼遗方
liú juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng

Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼

助记方法
zhù jì fāng fǎ

mnemonic method

劳方
láo fāng

labor (as opposed to capital or management)

化学方程式
huà xué fāng chéng shì

chemical equation

北方中杜鹃
běi fāng zhōng dù juān

(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

北方佬
běi fāng lǎo

northerner

北方工业
běi fāng gōng yè

Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate

北方民族大学
běi fāng mín zú dà xué

Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)

北方邦
běi fāng bāng

Uttar Pradesh (state in India)

半官方
bàn guān fāng

semiofficial

协方差
xié fāng chā

(statistics) covariance

南方古猿
nán fāng gǔ yuán

Australopithecus

南方周末
nán fāng zhōu mò

Southern Weekend (newspaper)

南方澳渔港
nán fāng ào yú gǎng

Nanfang-ao Port in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan

占地方
zhàn dì fang

to take up space

卡方
kǎ fāng

chi-square (math.)

反方
fǎn fāng

the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)

古方
gǔ fāng

ancient prescription

右方
yòu fāng

right-hand side

吃得苦中苦,方为人上人
chī dé kǔ zhōng kǔ , fāng wéi rén shàng rén

one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)

各方
gè fāng

all parties (in a dispute etc)

合作方
hé zuò fāng

(business) partner

合同各方
hé tong gè fāng

parties to a contract (law)

单方
dān fāng

unilateral

单方向
dān fāng xiàng

unidirectional

单方宣告
dān fāng xuān gào

unilateral declaration

单方恐吓
dān fāng kǒng hè

unilateral threat

单方决定
dān fāng jué dìng

to decide without reference to other parties involved

单方制剂
dān fāng zhì jì

prescribed preparation

单方过失碰撞
dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàng

collision in which only one party is at fault

四方
sì fāng

four-way

四方区
sì fāng qū

Sifang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong

四方帽
sì fāng mào

see 方帽[fāng mào]

四方步
sì fāng bù

a slow march

四方脸
sì fāng liǎn

square-jawed face

四方台
sì fāng tái

Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[shuāng yā shān], Heilongjiang

四方台区
sì fāng tái qū

Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[shuāng yā shān], Heilongjiang

圆凿方枘
yuán záo fāng ruì

see 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fāng ruì yuán záo]

土方
tǔ fāng

cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)

土方子
tǔ fāng zi

(TCM) folk remedy

土方工程
tǔ fāng gōng chéng

earthwork

土石方
tǔ shí fāng

excavated soil and rock

在下方
zài xià fāng

beneath

地方主义
dì fāng zhǔ yì

regionalism

地方官
dì fāng guān

local official

地方性
dì fāng xìng

local

地方性斑疹伤寒
dì fāng xìng bān zhěn shāng hán

murine typhus fever

地方戏
dì fāng xì

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

地方戏曲
dì fāng xì qǔ

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

地方法院
dì fāng fǎ yuàn

county court

地方自治
dì fāng zì zhì

local autonomy

均方
jūn fāng

mean square

坍方
tān fāng

to collapse

执政方式
zhí zhèng fāng shì

governing method

塌方
tā fāng

to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide

外圆内方
wài yuán nèi fāng

lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom)

多方
duō fāng

in many ways

多方位
duō fāng wèi

many-sided

多项式方程
duō xiàng shì fāng chéng

(math.) polynomial equation

多项式方程组
duō xiàng shì fāng chéng zǔ

(math.) system of polynomial equations

大大方方
dà dà fāng fāng

confident

大政方针
dà zhèng fāng zhēn

major policy of the national government

大方之家
dà fāng zhī jiā

learned person

大方广佛华严经
dà fāng guǎng fó huá yán jīng

Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school

大方县
dà fāng xiàn

Dafang county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou

天各一方
tiān gè yī fāng

(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other

天方
tiān fāng

Arabian

天方夜谭
tiān fāng yè tán

The Arabian Nights (classic story)

女方
nǚ fāng

the bride's side (of a wedding)

孔方兄
kǒng fāng xiōng

(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)

官方语言
guān fāng yǔ yán

official language

对方付款电话
duì fāng fù kuǎn diàn huà

collect call

对方付费电话
duì fāng fù fèi diàn huà

collect call

尚方剑
shàng fāng jiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)

差分方程
chā fēn fāng chéng

difference equation (math.)

己方
jǐ fāng

our side

布隆方丹
bù lóng fāng dān

Bloemfontein

常微分方程
cháng wēi fēn fāng chéng

ordinary differential equation (ODE)

平方公里
píng fāng gōng lǐ

square kilometer

平方千米
píng fāng qiān mǐ

square kilometer

平方反比定律
píng fāng fǎn bǐ dìng lǜ

inverse-square law (physics)

平方反比律
píng fāng fǎn bǐ lǜ

inverse square law (physics)

平方平均数
píng fāng píng jūn shù

root mean square (RMS)

平方成反比
píng fāng chéng fǎn bǐ

proportional to inverse square (physics)

平方根
píng fāng gēn

square root

平方英尺
píng fāng yīng chǐ

square foot (unit of area equal to 0.093 m²)

后方
hòu fāng

the rear

微分方程
wēi fēn fāng chéng

differential equation (math.)

志在四方
zhì zài sì fāng

to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)

快捷方式
kuài jié fāng shì

(computer) shortcut

我方
wǒ fāng

our side

承租方
chéng zū fāng

borrower

技术方案
jì shù fāng àn

technology program

把方便当随便
bǎ fāng biàn dàng suí biàn

to act unappreciatively in response to a kindness

拉丁方块
lā dīng fāng kuài

Latin square (math. puzzle)

持方
chí fāng

side (in a formal debate)

指挥有方,人人乐从
zhǐ huī yǒu fāng , rén rén lè cóng

Command right and you will be obeyed cheerfully. (idiom)

挥斥方遒
huī chì fāng qiú

full of vim

收方
shōu fāng

receiving party

敌方
dí fāng

enemy

斜方型
xié fāng xíng

trapezium (geometry)

斜方肌
xié fāng jī

trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck)

方丈
fāng zhang

one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals

方位角
fāng wèi jiǎo

azimuth

方位词
fāng wèi cí

noun of locality (linguistics)

方便贴
fāng biàn tiē

Post-it note

方册
fāng cè

ancient books and volumes

方剂
fāng jì

prescription

方向性
fāng xiàng xìng

directionality (molecular biology)

方向感
fāng xiàng gǎn

sense of direction