方 fāng
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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)
Contained in
- 大方广如来秘密藏经(大方廣如來祕密藏經) Tathāgatagarbhasūtra; Dafangguang Rulai Mimi Cang Jing
- 大方广圆觉修多罗了义经(大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經) Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
- 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
- 遊方僧 a wandering mendicant; a roaming monk
- 十方普现色身(十方普現色身) universal manifestation of physical forms in the ten directions
- 五方五智 five Wisdom Buddhas of the five directions
- 大方广宝箧经(大方廣寶篋經) Precious Box; Dafangguang Bao Qie Jing
- 风方(風方) vayu; northwest
- 十方刹(十方剎) for all senior monks to be abbot
- 当东方遇上西方─星云大师与汉学家的对谈(當東方遇上西方─星雲大師與漢學家的對談) When the East meets the West - A Dialogue between Venerable Master Hsing Yun and Sinologists.
- 胸怀法界 志在十方(胸懷法界 志在十方) Embrace the Dharma Realm in the Mind; Aspiration to Soar into the Entire World
- 方等三昧行法 Fangdeng Sanmei Xing Fa
- 心如秋月 光照十方 A Mind Like the Autumn Moon; Light Shining in All Directions
- 东方不动如来(東方不動如來) Aksobhya Buddha
- 方等泥洹经(方等泥洹經) Vaipulya Nirvāṇa sūtra
- 方便门(方便門) expedient means ; Gate of Skillful Means ; gate of skillful means
- 方等时(方等時) extended teachings period; vaipulya period
- 遍照于十方(遍照於十方) all the points of the horizon are now blazing in splendour
- 曼殊上方有世界 Manjusri, there is a world above
- 忏涤悃欵方(懺滌悃欵方) by means of purification with sincere repentance
- 随时给人信心 随处给人欢喜 随口给人希望 随缘给人方便(隨時給人信心 隨處給人歡喜 隨口給人希望 隨緣給人方便) Always give others faith. Always give others joy. Always give others hope. Always give others convenience.
- 随方毘尼(隨方毘尼) rules suitable to local conditions
Also contained in
外圆内方 、 开方 、 方头巾 、 方向性 、 东方朔 、 不方便 、 比方 、 地方政府 、 我方 、 北方佬 、 赣方言 、 与人方便,自己方便 、 解理方向 、 彝语南部方言 、 西方秧鸡 、 刁藩都方程 、 平方反比律 、 东方斑鵖 、 解方 、 上方宝剑 、 西北方 、 东方叽咋柳莺 、 方程 、 大方之家 、 地方志 、 方兴日盛 、 界方 、 遐方 、 富甲一方
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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: 173
- 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
- 方半 (方半) 方半由旬 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — 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
- 方作 (方作) 方作是念 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 45 — 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