方丈

“narrow-minded person”

From the abbot of the Shaolin temple, a character in Stephen Chow's movie The God of Cookery (1996, portrayed by Tats Lau), who was very narrow-minded despite being a monk. See 方丈份人好小氣／方丈份人好小气 for more.

方丈

1. (literary) square with side length of 1 zhang
2. (literary) a square-zhang table full of food; plentiful food
3. (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra
   1. (by extension) residence of Buddhist abbots, including the bedroom and its accessory facilities
   2. (by extension) Buddhist abbot
   3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) narrow-minded person; petty person

• (Buddhist abbot): (Hokkien) 當家／当家, 當家師／当家师
• (narrow-minded person): (Cantonese) 小氣鬼／小气鬼 (xiǎoqìguǐ)

方丈

1. Classifier for the number of areas covered by a square of side length 1 zhang.

方丈

1. (Chinese mythology) a mystical mountain island in the sea

   Synonym: 方壺／方壶

   See also: 蓬萊, 瀛洲

   • 齊人徐巿等上書，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬萊、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     齐人徐巿等上书，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬莱、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《史記•秦始皇本紀》

     Qí rén Xúfú děng shàngshū, yán hǎi zhōng yǒu sān shénshān, míng yuē Pénglái, Fāngzhàng, Yíngzhōu.

     Xu Fu of the state of Qi and others have written, saying that in the sea there are three mountains of immortals; they are called Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou.

 方丈 on Japanese Wikipedia

• (Tokyo) ほーじょー (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

方(ほう)丈(じょう) • (hōjō) ^{←はうぢやう (faudyau)?}

1. a square 丈 (jō); an enclosed area 3.03 by 3.03 meters in size
2. such a room or building; often inhabited by Buddhist monks

方丈 • (bangjang) (hangeul 방장)

1. hanja form^? of 방장