方寸

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	a unit of length
simp. and trad. (方寸)		方	寸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngcùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄘㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ cyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-chhùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngcùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄘㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangcùn
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-tsʻun⁴
    • Yale: fāng-tswùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangtsuenn
    • Palladius: фанцунь (fancunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong¹ cyun³
    • Yale: fōng chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chhùn
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tshùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongzhuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun²¹/

Noun

方寸

1. square cun (around 1/9 square decimeter)
2. (literary, figurative) heart; mind

   Synonym: 方寸地

   • 形骸且健，方寸甚安。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 唐．白居易《與元微之書》

     Xínghái qiě jiàn, fāngcùn shèn ān. [Pinyin]

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   • 你是個慈悲方寸，望恕卻少年心性，少年心性。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     你是个慈悲方寸，望恕却少年心性，少年心性。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 明．高濂《玉簪記》第一六齣

     Nǐ shì ge cíbēi fāngcùn, wàng shù què shàonián xīnxìng, shàonián xīnxìng. [Pinyin]

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3. mood, thoughts

   • 老母在洛，無復方寸，既奉恩貸，實若更生。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     老母在洛，无复方寸，既奉恩贷，实若更生。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Lǎomǔ zài luò, wú fù fāngcùn, jì fèng ēn dài, shí ruò gèngshēng. [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 方寸不亂／方寸不乱 (fāngcùnbùluàn)
• 方寸大亂／方寸大乱 (fāngcùndàluàn)

 

References

• “Entry #36191”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.