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method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
method; way (of doing sth); means / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
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  *方* | 方* | *方
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
HSK 4
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  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
HSK 5
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
method / way / approach
HSK 7-9
to sum up / to summarize / to conclude from facts / induction (method of deduction in logic)
HSK 7-9
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc)
HSK 7-9
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
HSK 7-9
to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
HSK 7-9
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
method of relieving pain
to drown a newborn baby (as method of infanticide)
sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *术* | 术* | *术
method / technique
solution / method to settle an issue
arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation
to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage
path / route / method / ways and means
rule; method; model
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
(TCM) interrogation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods
painting technique / drawing method
method of counting (e.g. decimal or Roman numbers)
(computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. "shq" or "sq" for 事情
solution (to a math problem) / method of solving
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酿* | 酿* | *酿
to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method)
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
technique / method
way / method / Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
brilliant plan / ingenious method / perfect solution
(TCM) pulse feeling and palpitation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
(idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
teaching method / teachings / doctrine
gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace
to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书
methods / the old tricks / (slang) condom
stratagem; method; approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story
sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁
Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
way / method / means / Taiwan pr. [fa1 r5]
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method
gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
(TCM) observation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
shortcut / a quicker method
this road is blocked / fig. This method does not work. / Doing this is no good.
traditional method
to make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose / fertilizer produced by this method
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
using several (methods)
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
(sports) trajectory of the ball / method of dispatching the ball (e.g. in baseball: curveball, slider, fastball etc)
lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty
singing style / singing method
to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose
cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning
crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works.
combining native and foreign methods
to try by all available methods
to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi
(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
Monte Carlo method (math.)
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
cooking method
the sieve method (for primes)
can find methods / resourceful / creative
finite element (method)
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art
treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
(coll.) unorthodox (method etc)
Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码
reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
teaching method; pedagogy
poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles) / (real estate) duplex; semi-detached / (computing) double pinyin (input method in which each syllable is typed using no more than two keystrokes: one for the initial consonant and one for the final)
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
to submit to the law; to obey the law / administration method (of medicine)

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