方將

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (方將)		方	將
simp. (方将)		方	将

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ zoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangjiang
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: fāng-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangjiang
    • Palladius: фанцзян (fanczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ zoeng¹
    • Yale: fōng jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjang tsjang

Rime
Character	方	將
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府良切	即良切
Baxter	pjang	tsjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/	/t͡sɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/	/t͡siɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/	/t͡siɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/	/t͡sɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/	/t͡siaŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/	/t͡sĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/	/t͡si̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	zoeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*paŋ  [ts]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ  ʔsaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	方	將
Reading #	3/3	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fāng	jiāng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjang ›	‹ tsjang ›
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*[ts]aŋ/
English	just, then	bring
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	方	將
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	3023	10286
Phonetic component	方	爿
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	方	將
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*ʔsaŋ/
Notes	甲金文象槳即榜初文， 下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Adverb

方將

1. (literary) to be about to

   • 簡兮簡兮，方將萬舞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     简兮简兮，方将万舞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on Bernhard Karlgren's version

     Jiǎn xī jiǎn xī, fāngjiāng wànwǔ. [Pinyin]

     Oh great, great! They are just going to perform the great dance.

Noun

方將

1. (literary) future