單方

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
trad. (單方)		單	方
simp. (单方)		单	方
alternative forms		丹方 TCM

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tan-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danfang
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-fang¹
    • Yale: dān-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danfang
    • Palladius: даньфан (danʹfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ fong¹
    • Yale: dāan fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tan-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

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1. one side (as opposed to both sides)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) home remedy; folk prescription; single-drug prescription
3. (figurative) good solution; formula

Synonyms

• (home remedy):

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• 丹方 (dānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 仙方 (xiānfāng) (magical prescription)
• 偏方 (piānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 古方 (gǔfāng) (ancient prescription)
• 土方 (tǔfāng) (folk prescription)
• 方劑／方剂 (fāngjì) (in TCM)
• 方子 (fāngzi) (in TCM)
• 湯頭／汤头 (tāngtóu) (prescription for a medical decoction)
• 良方 (liángfāng) (effective prescription)
• 藥單／药单 (yàodān)
• 藥方／药方 (yàofāng)
• 處方／处方 (chǔfāng)
• 處方箋／处方笺 (chǔfāngjiān) (literary)
• 複方／复方 (fùfāng) (in TCM)
• 配方 (pèifāng)
• 醫方／医方 (yīfāng)
• 驗方／验方 (yànfāng) (proved recipe in TCM)

 

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