方 fāng
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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) -
proper noun
Fang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '方' n 9) -
noun
Kangxi radical 70
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '方' n 10) -
measure word
measure word for square things
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '方' n 8; NCCED '方' 11) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
adjective
local
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 方言 'dialect' (Guoyu '方' adj 2) -
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). -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
noun
a principle; a formula
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 5a; NCCED '方' 5) -
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) -
noun
magic
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '方' 16; NCCED '方' 8) -
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) -
adjective
earthly; mundane
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 2a) -
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) -
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) -
adjective
agreeable; equable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '方' 5a) -
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) -
adjective
equal; equivalent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相等 or 相当 (GHC '方' 2) -
verb
to compare
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 比拟 (GHC '方' 2) -
noun
a wooden tablet for writing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '方' 9) -
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) -
noun
a law; a standard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 法度 or 准则 (GHC '方' 13) -
verb
to own; to possess
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 占有 (GHC '方' 17) -
verb
to disobey; to violate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 违 (GHC '方' 18) -
verb
to slander; to defame
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In place of 谤 (GHC '方' 21) -
adjective
beside
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In place of 旁 (GHC '方' 22) -
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)
Contained in
- 方便门(方便門) expedient means ; Gate of Skillful Means ; gate of skillful means
- 北方毘沙门天王随军护法仪轨(北方毘沙門天王隨軍護法儀軌) Vaisravana of the North Defends the Dharma with his Army; Bei Fang Pishamen Tian Wang Sui Jun Hufa Yi Gui
- 随方毘尼(隨方毘尼) rules suitable to local conditions
- 善巧方便 skillful and expedient means
- 佛说大方等修多罗王经(佛說大方等修多羅王經) Bhavasaṅkrāntisūtra; Fo Shuo Dafang Guangdeng Xiuduoluo Wang Jing
- 八方 the eight points of the compass; all directions ; eight directions; aṣṭadiś
- 十方现在佛悉在前立定经(十方現在佛悉在前立定經) Shi Fang Xianzi Fo Xi Zi Qian Li Ding Jing
- 方便有多门 归元无二路(方便有多門 歸元無二路) Through the many gates of expedient means; We all arrive at the one destination.
- 体内方便(體內方便) internal skillful means
- 吃十方 to live on offerings from the ten directions
- 大乘方等要慧经(大乘方等要慧經) Maitreyaparipṛcchādharmāṣṭa (Dasheng Fangdeng Yao Hui Jing)
- 顺权方便经(順權方便經) Sirīvivartavyākaraṇa; Shun Quanfangbian Jing
- 竖穷三际，横遍十方(豎窮三際，橫遍十方) across all of time, and all of space
- 东方世界(東方世界) Eastern Pure Land
- 方等无相大云经(方等無相大雲經) Fangdeng Wuxiang Da Yun Jing
- 北方佛教 northern transmission of Buddhism; Nothern Buddhism
- 心安茅屋稳 性定菜根香 世事静方见 人情淡始长(心安茅屋穩 性定菜根香 世事靜方見 人情淡始長) A peaceful mind stays in an unshakable hut. A steady nature tastes delicacy in vegetable roots. A calm observer detects the unseen in this world. A bland relationship is the one to last long.
- 大方广佛华严经(大方廣佛華嚴經) Avataṃsakasūtra; Avatamsaka Sutra; Flower Garland sūtra; Flower Adornment Sutra; Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing; Huayan Jing ; Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra
Also contained in
中方县 、 药方儿 、 远方来鸿 、 方针 、 我方 、 斜方型 、 平方平均数 、 执政方式 、 方腿 、 未艾方兴 、 老地方 、 南方古猿 、 卡方 、 船方 、 东方白鹳 、 方法学 、 后方 、 七方 、 方言区 、 方国 、 安得猛士兮守四方 、 北方有佳人 、 名震四方 、 运算方法 、 方位 、 方命 、 正方向 、 单方恐吓 、 西方人 、 单方 、 上方宝剑 、 与人方便，自己方便 、 方头螺帽
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Truncated for common words
- 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 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 62
- Scroll 1 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — 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
- 方安隐 (方安隱) 則彼方安隱 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 6
- 向东方 (向東方) 汝向東方 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 方礼 (方禮) 向諸方禮 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 4
- 方作 (方作) 方作是念 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 45 — count: 4
- 方半 (方半) 方半由旬 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — 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
- 方沙门 (方沙門) 諸方沙門 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 4