八方

八方

Chinese

		eight	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (八方)		八	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ fong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-fông
• Min Nan (POJ): pat-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bafang
    • IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ fong¹
    • Yale: baat fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ fong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /päːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` fong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ fong¹
    • IPA: /pat̚² foŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-hong
    • Tâi-lô: pat-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pathofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

八方

1. eight points of the compass
2. all directions
3. all sides

   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.

Derived terms

八方受敵／八方受敌 八方呼應／八方呼应 出家人吃八方 和尚吃八方 四面八方 (sìmiànbāfāng)

威震八方 眼觀六路，耳聽八方／眼观六路，耳听八方 (yǎn guān liùlù, ěr tīng bāfāng) 眼觀四處，耳聽八方／眼观四处，耳听八方 (yǎn guān sìchù, ěr tīng bāfāng) 耳聽八方／耳听八方 (ěrtīngbāfāng)