方丈
Chinese
square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just |
zhang (unit of measurement) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (方丈) |
方 | 丈 | |
Etymology
- “narrow-minded person”
- From the abbot of the Shaolin temple, a character in Stephen Chow's movie The God of Cookery (1996, portrayed by Tats Lau), who was very narrow-minded despite being a monk. See 方丈份人好小氣／方丈份人好小气 for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fong1 zoeng6
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huang1 ziang6
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1faon-zan
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fāngzhàng → fāngzhang (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄓㄤˋ → ㄈㄤ ˙ㄓㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: fangjhång
- Wade–Giles: fang1-chang5
- Yale: fāng-jang
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang.janq
- Palladius: фанчжан (fančžan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: toneless - usually the Buddhist senses.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fong1 zoeng6
- Yale: fōng jeuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong1 dzoeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: fong1 zêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huang1 ziang6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang tsiăng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ³⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pjang drjangX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C-paŋ [d]raŋʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ daŋʔ/
Noun
方丈
- (literary) square with side length of 1 zhang
- (literary) a square-zhang table full of food; plentiful food
- (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra
- (by extension) residence of Buddhist abbots, including the bedroom and its accessory facilities
- (by extension) Buddhist abbot
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) narrow-minded person; petty person
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 方丈之饌 / 方丈之馔
- 方丈份人好小氣 / 方丈份人好小气
- 方丈洲
- 方丈盈前
- 食前方丈
- 食味方丈
Classifier
方丈
Proper noun
方丈
- (Chinese mythology) a mystical mountain island in the sea
- 齊人徐巿等上書，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬萊、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《史記•秦始皇本紀》
- Qí rén Xúfú děng shàngshū, yán hǎi zhōng yǒu sān shénshān, míng yuē Pénglái, Fāngzhàng, Yíngzhōu. [Pinyin]
- Xu Fu of the state of Qi and others have written, saying that in the sea there are three mountains of immortals; they are called Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou.
齐人徐巿等上书，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬莱、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 方 | 丈 |
| ほう Grade: 2 |
じょう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | goon |
Pronunciation
Noun
- a square 丈 (jō); an enclosed area 3.03 by 3.03 meters in size
- such a room or building; often inhabited by Buddhist monks
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 方 | 丈 |
Noun
方丈 • (bangjang) (hangeul 방장)
- hanja form? of 방장