萬方

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
trad. (萬方)		萬	方
simp. (万方)		万	方

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ fong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-fông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànfang
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-fang¹
  - Yale: wàn-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannfang
  - Palladius: ваньфан (vanʹfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ fong¹
  - Yale: maahn fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: van fong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ foŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: mjonH pjang

Rime
Character	萬	方
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	府良切
Baxter	mjonH	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐn^H/	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐn^H/	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐn^H/	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muan^H/	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/miuɐn^H/	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐn^H/	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐn^H/	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan⁶	fong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s C-paŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mlans paŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	萬	方
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn	fāng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjon^H ›	‹ pjang ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/	/*C-paŋ/
English	10000	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	萬	方
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	12633	3023
Phonetic component	萬	方
Rime group	元	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	万	方
Old Chinese	/*mlans/	/*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

萬方

all places; all directions; all corners (of the country or world)
- 萬方有罪，罪在朕躬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  万方有罪，罪在朕躬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Wànfāng yǒuzuì, zuì zài zhèngōng. [Pinyin]
  If you in the myriad regions commit offenses, these offenses must rest on my person.

Adjective

萬方

(formal) of many different postures and forms; varied

Derived terms

儀態萬方 / 仪态万方