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HSK
method; way; technique; procedure / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
direction; orientation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
instant noodles
HSK 2
policy / guidelines / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
portable building; demountable building; transportable building; (UK) portacabin
(math.) simultaneous equations; system of equations
(bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *方* | 方* | *方
surname Fang
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
(math.) equation
(math.) equation
steering wheel
HSK 7-9
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
variance (statistics)
square / square-shaped
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
(idiom) to become agitated / to get worked up
dialectal accent
checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character
can then (and only then)
learned person / expert in a certain field / abbr. for 大方之家
Fangzheng, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
ark
direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth
Post-it note / sticky note
sense of direction
cube; block; square / diamond ♦ (in card games)
local chronicles / district records
(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根)
prescription (of medicine)
square brackets [ ]
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind
flowchart / block diagram
to realize only then
square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix
processed ham product
methodology / Discours de la méthode by René Descartes 笛卡兒|笛卡儿, 1637
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
square roof
headscarf
square headed
prescription / recipe (Chinese medicine)
square headed nut
square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)
obelisk
lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
Fanny (name)
galena
arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc / supernatural arts (old)
methodology
Fang La
Fangshan county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
clear and square / neat / square (person)
noun of locality (linguistics)
directionality (molecular biology)
square dance (traditional American dance)
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
lenticular brackets (【】 or 〖〗)
azimuth
against orders / to disobey / to refuse to accept orders
Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik
perimeter / range / (within) a radius of ...
just now / then
sugar cube
Fangzhuang neighborhood of Beijing
alchemist / necromancer
square-shaped
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
Fangcheng, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市, Henan
produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features)
Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist
(idiom) confused / troubled / bewildered
squared paper / graph paper / grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
Chinese characters
ancient books and volumes / classical writings
(arch.) metal horn attached as shield to horse or to the axle of a chariot
mortarboard; square academic cap
Fangshan county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
strategy / policy / general plan / variant of 方冊|方册


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