方 (fāng) means Direction (side - square - just). Below are 24 of the 237 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
南 方 盛产大米。
Nánfāng shèngchǎn dàmǐ.
The south produces rice in abundance.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盛产
网上购物很 方 便。
Wǎng shàng gòuwù hěn fāngbiàn.
Shopping online is very convenient.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 购物
他对朋友很大 方 。
Tā duì péngyou hěn dàfang.
He is very generous to his friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 大方
对 方 还没有回复。
Duìfāng hái méiyǒu huífù.
The other party has not replied yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 对方
这个 方 案更实际。
Zhège fāng'àn gèng shíjì.
This proposal is more practical.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 方案
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From the graded readers
去年爸爸来看我工作的地 方 。
qùnián bàba láikàn wǒ gōngzuò de / dì dìfang.
Last year my father came to see where I work.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
下车的时候，我几乎认不出那个地 方 。
xià chē de / dì shíhou, wǒ jīhū rèn bùchū nèigè dìfang.
Getting off the coach, I could hardly recognise the place.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
我很喜欢在网上买东西，因为 方 便又便宜。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan zài wǎngshàng mǎi dōngxī, yīnwèi fāngbiàn yòu piányi.
I like shopping online because it's convenient and cheap.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
原来在这个什么都变了的地 方 ，还有人记得我。
yuánlái zài zhège shénme dōu biàn le / liǎo / liào de / dì dìfang, háiyǒu rén jìde wǒ.
So in this place where everything had changed, someone still remembered me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
我回过头，看见他站在很远的地 方 ，笑着向我招手。
wǒ huí guò tóu, kànjiàn tā zhàn zài hěn yuǎn de / dì dìfang, xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó xiàng wǒ zhāo shǒu.
I looked back and saw him standing far away, smiling and waving.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
From the travel phrasebook
这个 方 向对吗？
Zhège fāngxiàng duì ma?
Is this the right direction?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
我现在不 方 便。
Wǒ xiànzài bù fāngbiàn.
It's not a good moment for me.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
付款 方 式是什么？
Fùkuǎn fāngshì shì shénme?
What are the payment terms?
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
方 便的时候回我。
Fāngbiàn de shíhou huí wǒ.
Reply whenever it suits you.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
请安排第三 方 验货。
Qǐng ānpái dì-sān-fāng yànhuò.
Please arrange a third-party inspection.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
方 appears in 237 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 方
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 方
How is 方 used in a sentence?
This page shows 237 sentences using 方 (fāng, "Direction (side - square - just)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 方 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 方 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 方 an HSK word?
Yes — 方 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 方?
The dictionary page for 方 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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