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

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• 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/

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• 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	/mʉɐnH/	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/	/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	‹ mjonH ›	‹ 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

1. 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

1. (formal) of many different postures and forms; varied

Derived terms

• 儀態萬方／仪态万方