Chinese

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eight
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
trad. (八方)
simp. #(八方)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (1) (1)
Final () (75) (106)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter peat pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠɛt̚/ /pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚæt̚/ /pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/pæt̚/ /piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pəɨt̚/ /puaŋ/
Li
Rong
/pɛt̚/ /piuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/pæt̚/ /pĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pat̚/ /piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ba fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
baat3 fong1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pɛt › ‹ pjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁret/ /*C-paŋ/
English eight square

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 89 3023
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*preːd/ /*paŋ/
Notes

Noun

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八方

  1. eight points of the compass
  2. all around; in all directions; from every direction
  3. all sides
    一方八方支援 [MSC, trad.]
    一方八方支援 [MSC, simp.]
    Yīfāng yǒu nán, bāfāng zhīyuán. [Pinyin]
    When disaster strikes, assistance comes from all sides.

Synonyms

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  • (all around): 八面 (bāmiàn)

Derived terms

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See also

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