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方 fāng

fāng noun square; quadrilateral; one side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 方形 (GHC '方' 4; Guoyu '方' n 1; Kroll 2015 '方' 1)
fāng proper noun Fang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '方' n 9)
fāng noun Kangxi radical 70
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '方' n 10)
fāng measure word measure word for square things
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '方' n 8; NCCED '方' 11)
fāng adjective square shaped
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Shape 形状
Notes: In the sense of 方形的 (GHC '方' 3; Guoyu '方' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '方' 1; NCCED '方' 1)
fāng noun prescription
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 药方 (GHC '方' 10; Guoyu '方' n 6; NCCED '方' 9)
fāng noun power; involution; abbreviation for a square meter or cubic meter
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
Notes: For example, 平方 'square' or 立方 'cube' (Guoyu '方' n 7; Kroll 2015 '方' 1a; NCCED '方' 10)
fāng adjective local
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 方言 'dialect' (Guoyu '方' adj 2)
fāng noun a way; a method
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 方 means 方法 or 办法. For example, 千方百计 'by every possible means' (CCI '千方百计'; GHC '方' 15; Guoyu '方' n 5; Kroll 2015 '方' 6; NCCED '方' 6).
fāng adverb at the time when; just when
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 方 may be used as an adverbial marker to indicate simultaneity (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 121). For example, 及其壯也，血氣方剛，戒之在鬭 'When he is strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against quarrelsomeness.' (Lunyu: 16.7/46/14, translation by Legge; GHC '方' 19; Guoyu '方' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '方' 7; NCCED '方' 12)
fāng adverb only; just
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 才 (Guoyu '方' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '方' 8; NCCED '方' 13)
fāng noun a direction; a side; a position
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方向 or 方位 (GHC '方' 8; Guoyu '方' n 4; GHC '方' 11; Kroll 2015 '方' 4; NCCED '方' 3)
fāng noun an area; a region
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 地方 'place' or 地域 'region' (GHC '方' 5, 7; Guoyu '方' n 2; Kroll 2015 '方' 4; NCCED '方' 2)
fāng noun a party; a side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In contracts and insurance, as in 甲方 and 乙方 (NCCED '方' 4)
fāng noun a principle; a formula
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 5a; NCCED '方' 5)
fāng adjective honest; upright; proper
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 正直 (GHC '方' 14; Guoyu '方' adj 3； Kroll 2015 '方' 3; NCCED '方' 7)
fāng noun magic
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '方' 16; NCCED '方' 8)
fāng noun earth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: By metonymy, as opposed to Heaven, which is round (Guoyu '方' n 3; Kroll 2015 '方' 2)
fāng adjective earthly; mundane
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 2a)
fāng noun a scope; an aspect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方圆 or 周围 (GHC '方' 6; Kroll 2015 '方' 4a)
fāng adjective side-by-side; parallel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相并, especially two boats (Kroll 2015 '方' 5)
fāng adjective agreeable; equable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 5a)
fāng adverb about to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Marks a future action in this sense, in the sense of 将 (GHC '方' 1; Guoyu '方' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '方' 9)
fāng adjective equal; equivalent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相等 or 相当 (GHC '方' 2)
fāng verb to compare
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 比拟 (GHC '方' 2)
fāng noun a wooden tablet for writing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '方' 9)
fāng noun a convention; a common practice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 常规 or 常法 (GHC '方' 12)
fāng noun a law; a standard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 法度 or 准则 (GHC '方' 13)
fāng verb to own; to possess
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 占有 (GHC '方' 17)
fāng verb to disobey; to violate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 违 (GHC '方' 18)
fāng verb to slander; to defame
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In place of 谤 (GHC '方' 21)
páng adjective beside
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In place of 旁 (GHC '方' 22)
fāng noun direction; diś
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: diś, or: deśa, Japanese: hō, Tibetan: yul; one of the 百法 one hundred dharmas of Yogācāra (BCSD '方', p. 583; DJBT '方', p. 426; Lasthaus 2002, p. 544; Mahāvyutpatti 'deśaḥ'; MW 'diś'; SH '方', p. 406)

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方等本起经(方等本起經) Lalitavistara sūtra
西方船 ferry to Western Pure Land
摄无碍大悲心大陀罗尼经计一法中出无量义南方满愿补陀落海会五部诸尊等弘誓力方位及威仪形色执持三摩耶幖帜曼荼罗仪轨(攝無礙大悲心大陀羅尼經計一法中出無量義南方滿願補陀落海會五部諸尊等弘誓力方位及威儀形色執持三摩耶幖幟曼荼羅儀軌) Ritual Manual for Overcoming Hindrances with the Great Compassion Dharani Sutra, the Significance of the Complete Vows of the South, the Majestic Presence of the Deities of the Potalaka Assembly and Five Divisions, Samaya, Symbols, and Mandala
善巧方便 skillful and expedient means
方便心 a mind capable of expedient means
大乘大方广佛冠经(大乘大方廣佛冠經) Buddhamakuṭasūtra; Dasheng Dafangguang Fo Guan Jing
金刚恐怖集会方广轨仪观自在菩萨三世最胜心明王经(金剛恐怖集會方廣軌儀觀自在菩薩三世最勝心明王經) Fearsome Vajra Assembly Vaipulya Ritual, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Past, Present, and Future Supreme Heart Vidyaraja Sutra; Jingang Kongbu Jihui Fangguang Gui Yi Guanzizai Pusa San Shi Zui Sheng Xin Ming Wang Jing
善法方便陀罗尼咒经(善法方便陀羅尼咒經) Sumukhanāmadhāraṇīsūtra
西方极乐世界(西方極樂世界) Western Pure Land; Sukhavati
东方最胜灯王陀罗尼经(東方最勝燈王陀羅尼經) Agrapradīpadhāraṇīvidyarajasūtra; Dongfang Zui Sheng Deng Wang Tuoluoni Jing
南方佛教 Theravāda Buddhism; South Asian Buddhism
大方便佛報恩经(大方便佛報恩經) Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing
五方色 colors of the five regions
大方广菩萨藏经中文殊师利根本一字陀罗尼经(大方廣菩薩藏經中文殊師利根本一字陀羅尼經) Dafangguang Pusa Cang Jing Zhongwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yizi Tuoluoni Jing
医方明(醫方明) knowledge of medicine
大方等如来藏经(大方等如來藏經) Tathāgatagarbhasūtra; Dafang Guangdeng Rulai Zang Jing
东方净琉璃世界(東方淨琉璃世界) the Eastern Realm of Pure Lapis Lazuli
普照十方 shines over the ten directions
东方虚空可思量不(東方虛空可思量不) is it easy to take the measure of space in the east?
方便般若 prajna of skillful means
心有方圆(心有方圓) Remain Clear on Your Principles
大方广佛花严经入法界品顿证毘卢遮那法身字轮瑜伽仪轨(大方廣佛花嚴經入法界品頓證毘盧遮那法身字輪瑜伽儀軌) Mahāvaipulya Avataṃsaka sūtra Entrance into the Dharma Realm Chapter Vairocana Dharma Body Wheel of Characters Yoga Ritual Manual; Dafangguang Fo Hua Yan Jing Ru Fajie Pin Dun Zheng Piluzhena Fashen Zi Lun Yujia Yi Gui
大方等大集经贤护分(大方等大集經賢護分) Dafangdeng Da Ji Jing Xianhu Fen

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日方、劳方、方根、官方、合同各方、四方台、四方区、方括号、西方基督教、官方语言、正方、多方面、二次方程、汉语方言、复方、方尾鹟、闽方言、方帽、方子、二次方程式、右方、方格、敌方、多项式方程组、方册、方笔、八方受敌、东方鸻

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Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 174
Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 141
Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 114
Scroll 2 Sutra on Recitation of the Indescribable Merits of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Bu Siyi Gongde Zhu Fo Suo Hunian Jing) 佛說不思議功德諸佛所護念經 — count: 111
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 84
Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 67
Scroll 1 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 62
Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 62
Scroll 1 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 61
Scroll 7 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 60

Collocations

余方 (餘方) 餘方亦爾 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 10
方悉 (方悉) 諸方悉當聞我惡名 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 55 — count: 8
如东方 (如東方) 如東方諸小王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
向东方 (向東方) 汝向東方 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
方安隐 (方安隱) 則彼方安隱 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 6
方作 (方作) 方作是念 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 45 — count: 4
方闻已 (方聞已) 諸方聞已 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 4
方礼 (方禮) 向諸方禮 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 4
方沙门 (方沙門) 諸方沙門 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 4
方来 (方來) 知方來之事 — Fanzhi Aboluo Yan Wen Zhong Zun Jing (Assalāyanasutta) 梵志頞波羅延問種尊經, Scroll 1 — count: 4