八方

Chinese

		eight	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (八方)		八	方

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ fong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-fông
Min Nan (POJ): pat-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄈㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba1fang
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ fong¹
  - Yale: baat fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ fong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: bad` fong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ fong¹
  - IPA: /pat̚² foŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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/

Noun

八方

eight points of the compass
all directions
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.

Derived terms

四面八方 (sìmiànbāfāng)

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