方式

Character by character

• 方fāng4 strokesHSK 1a square, rectangle; a region; local
• 式shì6 strokesHSK 3style, system, formula, rule

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 换种方式说。

  Huàn zhǒng fāng shì shuō

  Say it in another way.

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• 没有联系他的方式。

  Méi yǒu lián xì tā de fāng shì

  There's no way to get in touch with him.

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• 他用他自己的方式工作。

  Tā yòng tā zì jǐ de fāng shì gōng zuò

  He works in his own way.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 方式. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 地方dì fangHSK 1

  area; place; space; room; territory

• 方法fāng fǎHSK 2

  method; way; means

• 方面fāng miànHSK 2

  respect; aspect; field; side

• 方fāngHSK 4

  square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter

• 对方duì fāngHSK 3

  the other person; the other side; the other party

• 方向fāng xiàngHSK 2

  direction; orientation

• 正式zhèng shìHSK 3

  formal; official

• 式shìHSK 5

  type; form; pattern; style

• 方便fāng biànHSK 2

  convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself

• 方案fāng ànHSK 4

  plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill

• 仪式yí shìHSK 6

  ceremony

• 形式xíng shìHSK 3

  outer appearance; form; shape; formality

• 模式mó shìHSK 5

  mode; method; pattern

• 双方shuāng fāngHSK 3

  bilateral; both sides; both parties involved

• 南方nán fāngHSK 2

  south; the southern part of the country; the South

• 官方guān fāngHSK 4

  government; official (approved or issued by an authority)

• 西方xī fāngHSK 2

  the West; the Occident; Western countries

• 另一方面lìng yī fāng miànHSK 3

  on the other hand; another aspect

• 北方běi fāngHSK 2

  north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River

• 东方dōng fāngHSK 2

  east

• 前方qián fāngHSK 6

  ahead; the front

• 处方chǔ fāngHSK 7

  medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation; advice

• 上方shàng fāngHSK 7

  place above (it); upper part (of it)

• 一方面yī fāng miànHSK 3

  on the one hand