| 方 | 823C10 60.50 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄈㄤ [fang1] | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) Direction: 東方 the East, Orient; 西方 the West, Occident; 東方學術，西方文化 Oriental scholarship, Western culture; 左方，右方，四方 left, right side, all sides; 南方人，北方話 southerner, northern dialect; 萬方 all the world; 天各一方 friends separated far away. (3) Locality, rarely country: 地方 local, -lity: 土方 local (dialect, product); 方土territory; 方內 within the country, 方外 [fang1wai4]↓. (4) Party, side: 單方的話 one-sided statement; 雙方和解 two sides are reconciled; 對方 the other party; 男方，女方 groom’s, bride's side; 校方，店方 on the side or region of the school, shop; 美方，日方 on the American, Japanese side; usu. 方面, see [fang1mian4]↓. (5) Method, oft. medical recipe: usu. 方法 [fang1fa3]↓; 千方百計 by all kinds of methods; 管教無方 bring up children badly; 方略[fang1lUe4]↓; 方術，方技 [fang1shu4], [fang1ji4]↓; 方針 [fang1zhen1]↓; 藥方，丹方，醫方 medical recipes, prescriptions; 良方，秘方 welltried, secret, recipes. (6) (Math.) square: 平方 plane; (a) a square; (b) the product of a number multiplied by itself; 立方 cube, see 方根 [fang1gen1]↓; 方程式 [fang1cheng2shi4]↓; 方尺，寸，哩 square foot, inch mile; 方三寸 three inches square; 三方寸 three square inches. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) (AC) to disobey: 方命 disobey order. (2) Criticize and compare: 好方人 (AC) love to criticize and compare people; 不可方物 (AC) cannot discriminate or compare. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Square: oft. 方的，方形 ([fang1de0], [fang1xing2]↓; 正方 regular square; 長方 rectangular; 方格[fang1ge2]↓; 方頂，方額，方頰 square top, brow, jaw; 方面大耳 square face and big ears; 方磚，方桌 square brick, table; 方枘圓鑿 put round peg in square hole; 方底圓蓋 square case and round cover -- would not fit; 圓顱方趾 “round skull, square toes” -- all humankind made of the same clay. (2) Upright, principled (of conduct, character): 外圓內方 smooth on the surface, firm at heart. | |||||
| Adv. | Just now, just then, just beginning to: usu. 方才 [fang1cai2]↓= 剛才 [gang1cai2] or 才 [cai2]; 天方曙 day was just breaking; 方知是你 only then did I realize it was you; 方開學 school was just opening; 方悔失言 then regretted having said s.t. wrong; 方興未艾 just starting to grow; see 方且，方始，方今 [fang1qie3], [fang1shi3], [fang1jin1]↓; 方行 (AC) spread about (=橫行). | |||||
| Words | 1. 方案 [fang1an4], n., plan. 2. 方便 [fang1bian0], (1) adj., convenient: 不方便 inconvenient; (2) n., special consideration: 行方便，與人方便，大開方便之門 give special consideration, open special avenue for doing things, to facilitate; (3) euphem. for 大小便 toilet. 3. 方伯 [fang1bo2], n., (1) chief of district; (2) provincial high commissioner. 4. 方步 [fang1bu4], n., (1) square area of one step in each direction; (2) 邁方步 make special walking gait swinging from sides, as seen on stage. 5. 方程式 [fang1cheng2shi4], n., (math.) equation; 二次，三次，四次方程式 binomial, trinomial, quadrinomial equation; 方程根 [fang1cheng2gen1], root of equation. 6. 方且 [fang1qie3], adv., and then, only then: 方且曉喻 and then began to understand. 7. 方丘 [fang1qiu1], n., square altar for worship of Earth (圓丘 round altar for Heaven). 8. 方尺 [fang1chi3], n., square foot. 9. 方的 [fang1de0], adj., square in shape. 10. 方法 [fang1fa3], n., method, way, means: 用什麼方法 by what means? 方法論 methodology. 11. 方沸石 [fang1fei4shi2], n., (min.) analcite. 12. 方根 [fang1gen1], n., square root. 13. 方格 [fang1ge2], n., checkered design; correct pattern: 方格紙 paper with squares for practice on calligraphy. 14. 方皇 [fang1huang2], v.i., (AC var. for 旁皇) hesitate. 15. 方丈 [fang1zhang4], n., (1) ten feet square; (2) [fang1zhang0], abbot of monastery. 16. 方鎮 [fang1zhen4], n., military governor. 17. 方正 [fang1zheng4], adj., upright (in character). 18. 方針 [fang1zhen1], n., goal; principle. 19. 方解石 [fang1jie3shi2], n., (min.) calcite. 20. 方技 [fang1ji4], n., the professions, esp. necromancy, astrology, medicine, etc. 21. 方濟會 [fang1ji4hui4], n., Franciscan Order. 22. 方今 [fang1jin1]1, adv., now surveying the present time: 方今之時. 23. 方巾 [fang1jin1]2, n., a scholar's flattop cap of Mirng period. 24. 方竹 [fang1zhu2], n., special species of bamboo, squarish in shape. 25. 方塊 [fang1kuai4], n., square block; 方塊字 Chin. characters; such cards for practice; 方塊新聞 news in box; 方塊舞 square dance; 方塊阿哥哥 square * gogo. 26. 方兒 [fang1er0], n., medical prescription (藥方). 27. 方里 [fang1li3], n., square [li1]. 28. 方領 [fang1ling3], n., formerly, square collar worn by students. 29. 方略 [fang1lUe4], n., plan, strategy. 30. 方帽 [fang1mao4], n., square cap worn by graduates. 31. 方面 [fang1mian4], n., aspect; section or area; direction: 從另一方面看來 to look at it from another aspect. 32. 方脈 [fang1mo4], n., the art of feeling pulse. 33. 方勝 [fang1sheng4], (Peking coll. [fang1sheng0]), n., a woman's headdress, with sides sliding up. 34. 方向 [fang1xiang0], n., direction: 迷失方向 lost bearings; 看方向做事 see which way the wind blows. 35. 方形 [fang1xing2], adj., square-shaped. 36. 方術 [fang1shu4], n., see [fang1ji4]↑. 37. 方式 [fang1shi4]1, n., formula, way of presentation, method. 38. 方士 [fang1shi4]2, n., necromancers. 39. 方始 [fang1shi3], adv., only then (begin to). 40. 方糖 [fang1tang2], n., cube sugar. 41. 方才(纔) [fang1cai2], adv., just (=剛才): 他方才到 he has just arrived; 方才明白only then begin to understand. 42. 方冊(策) [fang1ce4], n., anc. records (pack of bamboo or wooden strips): 布在方策 is in the anc. records. 43. 方寸 [fang1sun4], n., (1) square inch; (2) small quantity: 方寸之地 a small piece of land; (3) the heart: 方寸已亂 or 無主 heart is troubled or confused, cannot decide or think. 44. 方字 [fang1zi4], n., square cards for learning characters. 45. 方外 [fang1wai4], n., territory beyond China; 方外人 Buddhist, Taoist monks. 46. 方言 [fang1yan2], n., dialect; name of anc. treatise on dialect words. 47. 方音 [fang1yin1], n., dialect pronunciation: 北京方音 Peking dialect. 48. 方圓 [fang1yUan2], n., square and circles (woodcraft). 49. 方隅 [fang1yU2]1, n., corner, portion of territory. 50. 方輿 [fang1yU2]2, n., geography, map. | |||||