八方

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bafang
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-fang¹
    • Yale: bā-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bafang
    • Palladius: бафан (bafan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ fong¹
    • Yale: baat fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad^ˋ fong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² foŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: peat pjang

Rime
Character	八	方
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	鎋 (75)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	博拔切	府良切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pat̚/	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ba	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baat3	fong1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤret  C-paŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*preːd  paŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	八	方
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bā	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	八	方
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	89	3023
Phonetic component	八	方
Rime group	月	陽
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	八	方
Old Chinese	/*preːd/	/*paŋ/
Notes		甲金文象槳即榜初文， 下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

八方

1. eight points of the compass
2. all around; in all directions; from every direction
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.

Synonyms

• (all around): 八面 (bāmiàn)

Derived terms

• 八方受敵／八方受敌 (bāfāngshòudí)
• 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)

 

See also

• 四方 (sìfāng)
• 十方 (shífāng)