正方形

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	rectangle; rectangular
simp. and trad. (正方形)		正	方形

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngfāngxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zing³ fong¹ jing⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zen¹ fong¹ yen³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zen⁴ fong¹ hin²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chèng-hong-hêng / chiàⁿ-hong-hêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zian³ bang¹ hêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngfāngxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngfangsíng
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-fang¹-hsing²
  - Yale: jèng-fāng-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqfangshyng
  - Palladius: чжэнфансин (čžɛnfansin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ fong¹ jing⁴
  - Yale: jing fōng yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ fong¹ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ fong¹ ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zen¹ fong¹ yen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sen³³ fɔŋ³³ jen²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zen⁴ fong¹ hin²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sən⁵³ fɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-hong-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-hong-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeanghongheeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-hong-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-hong-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviarhongheeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zian³ bang¹ hêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàⁿ pang hêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ paŋ³³⁻²³ heŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

正方形

square

Coordinate terms

長方形／长方形 (chángfāngxíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	方	形
せい Grade: 1	ほう Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーほーけー [sèéhóꜜòkèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
(Tokyo) せーほーけー [sèéhóókéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːho̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

正(せい)方(ほう)形(けい) • (seihōkei)

(geometry) regular square, regular tetragon

Related terms

円(えん) (en, “circle”)
四角形(しかっけい) (shikakkei, “quadrangle, tetragon”)
長方形(ちょうほうけい) (chōhōkei, “rectangle”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.