方子

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (方子)		方	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-chú / hong-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: fāng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang.tzy
    • Palladius: фанцзы (fanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ zi²
    • Yale: fōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chú
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chír
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

方子

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) prescription

   開方子／开方子  ―  kāi fāngzi  ―  to write out a traditional Chinese medicine prescription

2. recipe; formula; directions for mixing
3. Alternative name for 方材 (fāngcái, “squared timber”).

Synonyms

• (prescription):

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• 丹方 (dānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 仙方 (xiānfāng) (magical prescription)
• 偏方 (piānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 古方 (gǔfāng) (ancient prescription)
• 單方 / 单方 (dānfāng) (in TCM)
• 土方 (tǔfāng) (folk prescription)
• 方劑 / 方剂 (fāngjì) (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)

 

Derived terms

• 老方子