方向
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Chinese
square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just |
direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to | ||
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| simp. and trad. (方向) |
方 | 向 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fang1 xiang4
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fong1 hoeng3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng-hióng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): hong-hiòng / hong-hiàng
- (Teochew, Peng'im): huang1 hiang3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ → ㄈㄤ ˙ㄒㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: fangsiång
- Wade–Giles: fang1-hsiang5
- Yale: fāng-syang
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang.shianq
- Palladius: фансян (fansjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ → /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: fang1 xiang4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fangxiang
- Sinological IPA (key): /faŋ⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fong1 hoeng3
- Yale: fōng heung
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong1 hoeng3
- Guangdong Romanization: fong1 hêng3
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-hiong
- Hakka Romanization System: fongˊ hiong
- Hagfa Pinyim: fong1 hiong4
- Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: fongˋ hiongˇ
- Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵³ hioŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng-hióng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (h-)ŋyɔŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hiòng
- Tâi-lô: hong-hiòng
- Phofsit Daibuun: honghioxng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hiàng
- Tâi-lô: hong-hiàng
- Phofsit Daibuun: honghiaxng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huang1 hiang3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang hiàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: pjang xjangH
Noun
方向
- direction; orientation
- (figuratively, by extension) course; goal or trend of events
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- 方面 (fāngmiàn)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 方 | 向 |
| ほう Grade: 2 |
こう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 方向 (MC pjang xjangH).
Noun
- direction; heading
- course (in life etc.), goal
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.- 内緒の方向でお願いします。
- Naisho no hōkō de o-negai shimasu.
- Keep it a secret, please.
- 内緒の方向でお願いします。
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 方向音痴 (hōkōonchi)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 方 | 向 |
Noun
- hanja form? of 방향 (“direction; orientation”)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 方 | 向 |
Noun
方向
- chữ Hán form of phương hướng (“direction”).