方寸

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Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	a unit of length
simp. and trad. (方寸)		方	寸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāngcùn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤㄘㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ cyun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-chhùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāngcùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤㄘㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fangcùn
  - Wade–Giles: fang¹-tsʻun⁴
  - Yale: fāng-tswùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangtsuenn
  - Palladius: фанцунь (fancunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ cyun³
  - Yale: fōng chyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tsyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ qun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chhùn
  - Tâi-lô: hong-tshùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongzhuxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun²¹/

Noun

方寸

square cun (around 1/9 square decimeter)
(literary, figurative) heart; mind
Synonym: 方寸地
- 形骸且健，方寸甚安。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: 唐．白居易《與元微之書》
  Xínghái qiě jiàn, fāngcùn shèn ān.
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- 你是個慈悲方寸，望恕卻少年心性，少年心性。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  你是个慈悲方寸，望恕却少年心性，少年心性。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 明．高濂《玉簪記》第一六齣
  Nǐ shì ge cíbēi fāngcùn, wàng shù què shàonián xīnxìng, shàonián xīnxìng.
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mood, thoughts
- 老母在洛，無復方寸，既奉恩貸，實若更生。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  老母在洛，无复方寸，既奉恩贷，实若更生。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE
  Lǎomǔ zài luò, wú fù fāngcùn, jì fèng ēn dài, shí ruò gèngshēng.
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Derived terms

方寸不亂／方寸不乱 (fāngcùnbùluàn)
方寸大亂／方寸大乱 (fāngcùndàluàn)

References

“Entry #36191”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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