Chinese

edit
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 
simp. and trad.
(方面)

Etymology

edit

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts; in the modern sense of "aspect", reborrowing from Japanese 方面(ほうめん) (hōmen).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

方面

  1. aspect; side; (on the one) hand; facet; respect (Classifier: m)
    覺得我們應該方面入手 [MSC, trad.]
    觉得我们应该方面入手 [MSC, simp.]
    Nín juéde wǒmen yīnggāi cóng nǎ fāngmiàn rùshǒu ne? [Pinyin]
    Where do you think we should start?
  2. (archaic) direction
  3. (archaic) one direction
  4. (archaic) four directions; all sides; all around
  5. (archaic) official post; duty

Usage notes

edit
  • It is acceptable to use 方面 (fāngmiàn) both with or without a classifier; both 方面 (sān fāngmiàn) and 方面方面 (sān ge fāngmiàn) are commonly used.
  • When using the term with (zhè) or (), both 方面方面 (zhè (nà) yī fāngmiàn) and 方面方面 (zhè (nà) ge fāngmiàn) are acceptable constructions, the former being more formal than the latter.
  • Unlike in Japanese, 方面 (fāngmiàn) in modern Chinese never conveys the meaning of direction; 方向 (fāngxiàng) is used instead.

Synonyms

edit
  • (aspect):

Derived terms

edit

Japanese

edit
Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 2
めん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

(ほう)(めん) (hōmen

  1. direction
  2. area, district
  3. field of study, line of work

Synonyms

edit

References

edit
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

edit
Hanja in this term

Noun

edit

方面 (bangmyeon) (hangeul 방면)

  1. hanja form? of 방면 (direction; field, area)

Vietnamese

edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

edit

方面

  1. chữ Hán form of phương diện (aspect; bearing).