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方
Pinyin: fāng
English Definition: square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
Chinese Definition:
①方才。
②表示时间、相当于“始”“才”。［例］有五月方生者谓之晚筀。——宋·沈括《梦溪笔谈》。［合］如梦方醒；方当(正当，正值)。
③表示时间，相当于“正在”。［例］守门卒方熟睡。——《资治通鉴·唐纪》。［例］余方心动欲还。——宋·苏轼《石钟山记》。［例］时予方以讨贼督师桂林。——孙文《〈黄花冈七十二烈士事略〉序》。［合］方殷(正当剧盛之时)。
④表示时间，相当于“将”。［例］今治水军八十万众，方与将军会猎于吴。——《资治通鉴·汉献帝建安十三年》。［例］余方高驰而不顾。——《楚辞·屈原·涉江》。
⑤表示情态方式，相当于“一并”。［例］甲兵方起于天下。——《墨子·备城门》。
⑥表示范围或程度，相当于“只”、“仅”。［例］赏有功，罚有罪，而不失其人，方在于人者也。——《韩非子》。
Antonyms: 圆
Total strokes: 4; Radical: 方
Ideograph: A person 人 with a carpenter's square 工
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Example Words
方面 fāng miàn respect; aspect; field; side; Classifiers: 个
方式 fāng shì way; manner; style; mode; pattern; Classifiers: 个
方法 fāng fǎ method; way; means; Classifiers: 个
方向 fāng xiàng direction; orientation; path to follow; Classifiers: 个
双方 shuāng fāng bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
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