正方形

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	rectangle; rectangular
simp. and trad. (正方形)		正	方形

正方形

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngfāngxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zing³ fong¹ jing⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zen¹ fong¹ yen³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zen⁴ fong¹ hin²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-hong-hêng / chiàⁿ-hong-hêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zian³ bang¹ hêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngfāngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngfangsíng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-fang¹-hsing²
    • Yale: jèng-fāng-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqfangshyng
    • Palladius: чжэнфансин (čžɛnfansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ fong¹ jing⁴
    • Yale: jing fōng yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ fong¹ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ fong¹ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zen¹ fong¹ yen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sen³³ fɔŋ³³ jen²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zen⁴ fong¹ hin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sən⁵³ fɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-hong-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-hong-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeanghongheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-hong-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-hong-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviarhongheeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zian³ bang¹ hêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàⁿ pang hêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ paŋ³³⁻²³ heŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

正方形

1. square

Coordinate terms

• 長方形／长方形 (chángfāngxíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	方	形
せい Grade: 1	ほう Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

正(せい)方(ほう)形(けい) • (seihōkei) 

1. (geometry) regular square, regular tetragon

Related terms

• 円(えん) (en, “circle”)
• 四角形(しかっけい) (shikakkei, “quadrangle, tetragon”)
• 長方形(ちょうほうけい) (chōhōkei, “rectangle”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.