一方

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (一方)		一	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ fong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-fông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfāng [Phonetic: yìfāng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifang
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fang¹
    • Yale: yī-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifang
    • Palladius: ифан (ifan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ fong¹
    • Yale: yāt fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` fong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid<sup>5</sup> fong<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² foŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` fong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² foŋ²⁴/

Noun

一方

1. one side

   一方有難，八方支援。 [MSC, trad.]
   一方有难，八方支援。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīfāng yǒu nán, bāfāng zhīyuán. [Pinyin]

   When disaster strikes, assistance comes from all sides.

2. one side; one aspect; one party
3. one area; one region

Derived terms

• 一方有難，八方支援／一方有难，八方支援 (yīfāng yǒu nàn, bāfāng zhīyuán)
• 一方水土養一方人／一方水土养一方人 (yīfāng shuǐtǔ yǎng yīfāng rén)
• 富甲一方 (fùjiǎyīfāng)

 

See also

• 丙方 (bǐngfāng)
• 甲方 (jiǎfāng)
• 雙方／双方 (shuāngfāng)
• 乙方 (yǐfāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	方
いち > いっ Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ip̚po̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)方(ぽう) • (ippō) 

1. one side, one-way

   Synonym: 片方

   一方(いっぽう)通行(つうこう)

   ippō tsūkō

   one-way traffic

2. one-sided

   一方(いっぽう)の言(い)い分(ぶん)

   ippō no ībun

   one-sided statement

3. on the one hand

   感染拡大(かんせんかくだい)が進(すす)む一方(いっぽう)、ワクチン開発(かい)は遅(つはおく)れている。

   Kansen kakudai ga susumu ippō, wakuchin kaihatsu wa okurete iru.

   The spread of the infection progresses, but on the other hand the vaccine development is falling behind.

Related terms

• 片道(かたみち) (katamichi)