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 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/

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

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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	方
はつ > はっ Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ha̠p̚po̞ː]

Noun

八(はっ)方(ぽう) • (happō)

all directions, all sides