方[fāng]

名

1. square

♦ 这块板子是~的。 This is a square board.

2.数involution; power

♦ 二的四次~是十六。 The fourth power of 2 is 16.

♦ 三的三次~是二十七。 The third power (or cube) of 3 is 27.

3. direction

♦ 东方

4. side; party

♦ 我~ our side

5. place; region; locality

♦ 远方

6. method; way

♦ 有方

7. prescription

♦ 这~儿专治腰痛。 This prescription is especially good for backaches.

量

1. (for square things)

♦ 三~图章 three seals

♦ 一~手帕 a handkerchief

2. short for square metre or cubic metre

♦ 一~木材 a cubic metre of lumber

♦ 铺地板十五~ lay 15 square metres of floorboards

形upright; honest

♦ 方正

副

1. 书 just when; at the time when

♦ 方今

2. only; just

♦ 年~二十 be just twenty years old