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

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

(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)
土方兒 / 土方儿 (tǔfāngr)
土方子 (tǔfāngzi)
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)