方 (fong1 | fang1) : direction; angle

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方

fong1

fang1

[1] square; rectangular [2] honest; morally upright [3] [n] region; area; place [4] [n] prescription; recipe [5] [n] direction [6] occultism [7] just now; just then; just [8] power (mathematics) [9] short for square meter or cubic meter (classifier) [10] [n] method; way [11] [n] aspect [12] one side [13] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 方 (#70)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

方

This word has been viewed 22121 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Oct 2018 21:49

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四方 sei3 fong1 si4 fang1 = square

方面 fong1 min6 fang1 mian4 = aspect

大方 daai6 fong1 da4 fang5 = generous; liberal

地方 dei6 fong1 di4 fang1; di4 fang5 = place

東方 dung1 fong1 dong1 fang1 = Oriental; the Orient; eastern

西方 sai1 fong1 xi1 fang1 = Occidental; the Occident; western

北方 bak1 fong1 bei3 fang1 = northern; the North

南方 naam4 fong1 nan2 fang1 = southern; the South

方包 fong1 baau1 fang1 bao1 = sandwich bread 粵

方法 fong1 faat3 fang1 fa3 = method
See all 260 compounds (CantoDict reports 278 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 方

我們在黑板上畫一個正方形吧. 國
Let's draw a square on the blackboard.

點解中國會有咁多方言嘅？粵
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]

你要大大方方噉見佢粵
You need to meet her confidently.
[Lit. you need confident-and-holding-yourself-properly-manner see her. 大大方方 means standing upright and looking someone in the eyes.]

我有個方法打倒佢粵
I’ve got a way of taking him down.
[Lit. I have [counter] method overthrow him.]

我諗呢個方案以三個月為期可以做完。粵
I believe this project can be completed within three months.

呢笪地方好污糟粵
This place is very dirty.

方丈已經圓寂五年 ?!
The abbot has passed away for five years
[Sample sentence now uses 方丈 (abbot, head monk) as the subject of the sentence. But the audio still uses 道師 (Taoist priest) which appeared in the older version. As 圓寂 (in the middle of the sentence) is a Buddhist term, I think 方丈 is corre]

快要達成協議時對方節外生枝國
An agreement was about to be reached when the other side raised new issues

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 方
Unicode code for this character: U+65b9 (off-site link)

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