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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄈㄤ
  - 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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: bad` fong´
  - 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/

Middle Chinese: peat pjang

Rime
Character	八	方
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	山 (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/
Bernard 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

eight points of the compass
all around; in all directions; from every direction
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)

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