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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 (BCSD '方', p. 583; DJBT '方', p. 426; Mahāvyutpatti 'deśaḥ'; MW 'diś'; SH '方', p. 406)

Contained in

四方 north, south, east, and west; all sides ; neighboring states on all borders ; a rectangle ; four quarters
普照十方 shines over the ten directions
五方佛 Buddhas of the Five Directions
大方等修多罗王经(大方等修多羅王經) Bhavasaṅkrāntisūtra; Dafang Guangdeng Xiuduoluo Wang Jing
大方等大集经贤护分(大方等大集經賢護分) Dafangdeng Da Ji Jing Xianhu Fen
慈悲传千古喜舍照万方(慈悲傳千古喜捨照萬方) Kindness and compassion are ageless virtues; Joy and equanimity illuminate the infinite world.
西方世界 Western world ; Western Pure Land
西方合论(西方合論) Xifang He Lun
七方便位 seven expedient means
佛说大方广曼殊室利经观自在多罗菩萨仪轨经(佛說大方廣曼殊室利經觀自在多羅菩薩儀軌經) Mahavaipulya Manjusri Tara Kalpa Sutra
大方广总持宝光明经(大方廣總持寶光明經) Ratnolkādhāraṇisūtra; Dafangguang Puxian Suo Shuo Jing
游方僧 wandering mendicant
方便说法(方便說法) expedient means
吃十方 to live on offerings from the ten directions
方便 convenient ; to to the toilet ; to have money to lend ; to make something convenient for others ; to do somebody a favor ; appropriate ; Convenience ; expedient means ; Skillful Means ; upāya; skillful means; expedient means
世药方(世藥方) a prescription for the world
五方五智 five Wisdom Buddhas of the five directions
十方诸佛(十方諸佛) the Buddhas of the Ten Directions
五方便念佛门(五方便念佛門) Wu Fang Bian Nian Fo Men

Also contained in

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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 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
方半 (方半) 方半由旬 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — 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
方闻已 (方聞已) 諸方聞已 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 4