古方

Chinese

		ancient; old	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (古方)		古	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² fong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔfang
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-fang¹
    • Yale: gǔ-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guufang
    • Palladius: гуфан (gufan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔfāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔfangr
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-fang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: gǔ-fāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guufangl
    • Palladius: гуфанр (gufanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² fong¹
    • Yale: gú fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

古方

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) ancient prescription

Synonyms

• 丹方 (dānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 仙方 (xiānfāng) (magical prescription)
• 偏方 (piānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 單方／单方 (dānfāng) (in TCM)
• 土方 (tǔfāng) (folk prescription)
• 方劑／方剂 (fāngjì) (in TCM)
• 方子 (fāngzi) (in TCM)
• 湯頭／汤头 (tāngtóu) (prescription for a medical decoction)
• 良方 (liángfāng) (effective prescription)
• 藥單／药单 (yàodān)
• 藥方／药方 (yàofāng)
• 處方／处方 (chǔfāng)
• 處方箋／处方笺 (chǔfāngjiān) (literary)
• 複方／复方 (fùfāng) (in TCM)
• 配方 (pèifāng)
• 醫方／医方 (yīfāng)
• 驗方／验方 (yànfāng) (proved recipe in TCM)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古方):

• → Japanese: 古(こ)方(ほう) (kohō)
• → Korean: 고방(古方) (gobang)