方 fong¹ {fāng}

(noun) Chinese surname

方 fong¹ {fāng}

1. square
2. power or involution (mathematics)
3. upright
4. honest
5. fair and square
6. direction
7. side
8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
9. place
10. method
11. prescription (medicine)
12. just when
13. only or just
14. classifier for square things
15. abbr. for square or cubic meter

方 fong¹ {Fāng}

surname Fang

方包 fong¹ baau¹ {fāng bāo}

loaf of white sliced bread

方呎〔-尺〕 fong¹ cek³ {fāng chǐ}

square foot

方剛〔-刚〕 fong¹ gong¹ {fāng gāng}

Fong Gong, a Hong Kong actor

方略 fong¹ loek⁶ {fāng lüè}

a strategy; the general plan

方面 fong¹ min⁶ {fāng miàn}

1. sector 2. angle; perspective

方案 fong¹ on³ {fāng àn}

(noun) 1. Method; 2. Scheme

方針〔-针〕 fong¹ zam¹ {fāng zhēn}

(noun) Direction and focus

方便 fong¹ bin⁶ {fāng biàn}

1. convenient
2. to help out
3. to make things easy for people
4. convenience
5. suitable
6. having money to spare
7. (euphemism) to go to the toilet

方差 fong¹ caa¹ {fāng chā}

variance (statistics)

方冊〔-册〕 fong¹ caak³ {fāng cè}

1. ancient books and volumes
2. classical writings

方策 fong¹ caak³ {fāng cè}

1. strategy
2. policy
3. general plan
4. variant of 方冊

方程 fong¹ cing⁴ {fāng chéng}

mathematical equation

方才 fong¹ coi⁴ {fāng cái}

1. just now
2. then

方寸 fong¹ cyun³ {fāng cùn}

1. square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
2. heart
3. mind

方頂〔-顶〕 fong¹ deng² {fāng dǐng}

square roof

方塊〔-块〕 fong¹ faai³ {fāng kuài}

1. cube
2. block
3. square
4. rectangle
5. diamond ♦ (in card games)

方法 fong¹ faat³ {fāng fǎ}

1. method
2. way
3. means
4. CL: 個

方家 fong¹ gaa¹ {fāng jiā}

1. learned person
2. expert in a certain field
3. abbr. for 大方之家

方格 fong¹ gaak³ {fāng gé}

1. checked pattern
2. square box character (in Chinese text) indicating illegible character

方根 fong¹ gan¹ {fāng gēn}

square root

方釳 fong¹ hat¹ {fāng xì}

(arch.) metal horn attached as shield to horse or to the axle of a chariot

方向 fong¹ hoeng³ {fāng xiàng}

1. direction
2. orientation
3. path to follow
4. CL: 個

方音 fong¹ jam¹ {fāng yīn}

dialectal accent

方言 fong¹ jin⁴ {fāng yán}

1. topolect
2. dialect

方言 fong¹ jin⁴ {Fāng yán}

the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

方形 fong¹ jing⁴ {fāng xíng}

1. square
2. square-shaped

方圓〔-圆〕 fong¹ jyun⁴ {fāng yuán}

circumference

方臘〔-腊〕 fong¹ laap⁶ {Fāng Là}

Fang La

方物 fong¹ mat⁶ {fāng wù}

1. produced locally
2. local product (with distinctive native features)

方面 fong¹ min⁶ {fāng miàn}

1. respect
2. aspect
3. field
4. side
5. CL: 個

方命 fong¹ ming⁶ {fāng mìng}

1. against orders
2. to disobey
3. to refuse to accept orders

方帽 fong¹ mou² {fāng mào}

1. mortarboard
2. square academic cap

方能 fong¹ nang⁴ {fāng néng}

can then (and only then)

方妮 fong¹ nei⁴ {Fāng nī}

Fanny (name)

方毅 fong¹ ngai⁶ {Fāng Yì}

Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik

方案 fong¹ on³ {fāng àn}

1. plan
2. program (for action etc)
3. proposal
4. proposed bill
5. CL: 個,套

方山 fong¹ saan¹ {Fāng shān}

Fangshan county in Lüliang 呂梁, Shanxi 山西

方術〔-术〕 fong¹ seot⁶ {fāng shù}

1. arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc
2. supernatural arts (old)

方士 fong¹ si⁶ {fāng shì}

1. alchemist
2. necromancer

方式 fong¹ sik¹ {fāng shì}

1. way
2. manner
3. style
4. mode
5. pattern
6. CL: 個

方城 fong¹ sing⁴ {Fāng chéng}

Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽, Henan

方城 fong¹ sing⁴ {fāng chéng}

1. square castle
2. mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)

方頭〔-头〕 fong¹ tau⁴ {fāng tóu}

square headed

方腿 fong¹ teoi² {fāng tuǐ}

processed ham product

方糖 fong¹ tong⁴ {fāng táng}

sugar cube

方位 fong¹ wai⁶ {fāng wèi}

1. direction
2. points of the compass
3. bearing
4. position
5. azimuth

方劑〔-剂〕 fong¹ zai¹ {fāng jì}

1. prescription
2. recipe (Chinese medicine)

方針〔-针〕 fong¹ zam¹ {fāng zhēn}

1. policy
2. guidelines
3. CL: 個

方陣〔-阵〕 fong¹ zan⁶ {fāng zhèn}

1. square-shaped formation (military)
2. phalanx
3. (math.) matrix

方舟 fong¹ zau¹ {fāng zhōu}

ark

方知 fong¹ zi¹ {fāng zhī}

to realize only then

方子 fong¹ zi² {fāng zi}

prescription (of medicine)

方志 fong¹ zi³ {fāng zhì}

1. local chronicles
2. district records

方正 fong¹ zing³ {Fāng zhèng}

Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱, Heilongjiang

方正 fong¹ zing³ {fāng zhèng}

1. clear and square
2. neat
3. square (person)

方丈 fong¹ zoeng⁶ {Fāng zhang}

one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals

方丈 fong¹ zoeng⁶ {fāng zhang}

1. square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)
2. monastic room 10 feet square
3. Buddhist or Daoist abbot
4. abbot's chamber

方莊〔-庄〕 fong¹ zong¹ {Fāng zhuāng}

Fangzhuang neighborhood of Beijing

方力申 fong¹ lik⁶ san¹ {fāng lì shēn}

Alex Fong, a Hong Kong actor/singer

方便麵〔--面〕 fong¹ bin⁶ min⁶ {fāng biàn miàn}

instant noodles

方程式 fong¹ cing⁴ sik¹ {fāng chéng shì}

equation

方程組〔--组〕 fong¹ cing⁴ zou² {fāng chéng zǔ}

1. (math.) simultaneous equations
2. system of equations

方塊字〔-块-〕 fong¹ faai³ zi⁶ {fāng kuài zì}

Chinese characters

方法學〔--学〕 fong¹ faat³ hok⁶ {fāng fǎ xué}

methodology

方法論〔--论〕 fong¹ faat³ leon⁶ {fāng fǎ lùn}

1. methodology
2. Discours de la méthode by René Descartes 笛卡兒, 1637

方解石 fong¹ gaai² sek⁶ {fāng jiě shí}

calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)

方格紙〔--纸〕 fong¹ gaak³ zi² {fāng gé zhǐ}

1. squared paper
2. graph paper
3. grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)

方向感 fong¹ hoeng³ gam² {fāng xiàng gǎn}

sense of direction

方向盤〔--盘〕 fong¹ hoeng³ pun⁴ {fāng xiàng pán}

steering wheel

方向性 fong¹ hoeng³ sing³ {fāng xiàng xìng}

directionality (molecular biology)

方鉛礦〔-铅矿〕 fong¹ jyun⁴ kwong³ {fāng qiān kuàng}

galena

方括號〔--号〕 fong¹ kut³ hou⁶ {fāng kuò hào}

square brackets [ ]

方框圖〔--图〕 fong¹ kwaang¹ tou⁴ {fāng kuàng tú}

1. flowchart
2. block diagram

方文山 fong¹ man⁴ saan¹ {Fāng Wén shān}

Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist

方尾鶲〔--鹟〕 fong¹ mei⁵ jung¹ {fāng wěi wēng}

(Chinese bird species) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)

方山縣〔--县〕 fong¹ saan¹ jyun⁶ {Fāng shān xiàn}

Fangshan county in Lüliang 呂梁, Shanxi 山西

方城縣〔--县〕 fong¹ sing⁴ jyun⁶ {Fāng chéng xiàn}

Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽, Henan

方位詞〔--词〕 fong¹ wai² ci⁴ {fāng wèi cí}

noun of locality (linguistics)

方位角 fong¹ wai² gok³ {fāng wèi jiǎo}

azimuth

方正縣〔--县〕 fong¹ zing³ jyun⁶ {Fāng zhèng xiàn}

Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱, Heilongjiang

方塊草皮〔-块--〕 fong¹ faai³ cou² pei⁴ {fāng kuài cǎo pí}

divot (golf)

方方面面 fong¹ fong¹ min⁶ min⁶ {fāng fāng miàn miàn}

1. all sides
2. all aspects
3. multi-faceted

方方正正 fong¹ fong¹ zing³ zing³ {fāng fāng zhèng zhèng}

square-shaped

方興未已〔-兴--〕 fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ji⁵ {fāng xīng wèi yǐ}

1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
2. still growing strong
3. on the up

方興未艾〔-兴--〕 fong¹ hing¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶ {fāng xīng wèi ài}

1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
2. still growing strong
3. on the up

方枘圓鑿〔--圆凿〕 fong¹ jeoi⁶ jyun⁴ zok⁶ {fāng ruì yuán záo}

1. to put a square peg in a round hole
2. incompatible (idiom)

方頭括號〔-头-号〕 fong¹ tau⁴ kut³ hou⁶ {fāng tóu kuò hào}

square brackets [ ]

方頭螺帽〔-头--〕 fong¹ tau⁴ lo⁴ mou² {fāng tóu luó mào}

square headed nut

方滋未艾 fong¹ zi¹ mei⁶ ngaai⁶ {fāng zī wèi ài}

1. flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
2. still growing strong
3. on the up