格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 方 fāng 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 syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 持 chí to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control syn 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 分发 分發 fēn fā to distribute / distribution / to assign (sb) to a job syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 分布 分佈 fēn bù to scatter / to distribute / to be distributed (over an area etc) / (statistical, geographic) distribution syn 对阵 對陣 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight syn 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 流通 liú tōng to circulate / to distribute / circulation / distribution syn 原点 原點 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 握有 wò yǒu to have / to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc) syn 正方形 zhèng fāng xíng square 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 分销 分銷 fēn xiāo distribution / retail store 平方根 píng fāng gēn square root 批发 批發 pī fā wholesale / bulk trade / distribution syn 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square syn 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix 平方米 píng fāng mǐ square meter 物流 wù liú distribution (business) / logistics 分房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 操持 cāo chi to manage / to handle syn 方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn 另起炉灶 另起爐灶 lìng qǐ lú zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom) / to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path syn 见方 見方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") syn 分布图 分布圖 fēn bù tú scatter diagram / distribution chart / histogram 平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer 练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) syn 红场 紅場 hóng chǎng Red Square (in Moscow) 方正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person) syn 集散地 jí sàn dì distribution center 胡志明 hú zhì míng Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader / see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4] 平米 píng mǐ square meter / short for 平方米 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 推手 tuī shǒu promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi) 吭哧 kēng chi to puff and blow / to whimper syn 正态分布 正態分佈 zhèng tài fēn bù (math.) normal distribution / Gaussian distribution 按劳分配 按勞分配 àn láo fēn pèi distribution according to work 方括号 方括號 fāng kuò hào square brackets [ ] 供销 供銷 gōng xiāo supply and marketing / distribution / supply and sales 配送中心 Distribution Centre 人民广场 人民廣場 rén mín guǎng chǎng People's Square, Shanghai 时代广场 時代廣場 shí dài guǎng chǎng Times Square 天安门广场 天安門廣場 tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square 批转 批轉 pī zhuǎn to approve and forward / to endorse / stamp "approved for distribution" 运销 運銷 yùn xiāo distribution / transport and sale (of goods) 结清 結淸 jié qīng to settle (an account) / to square up 八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people syn 参考消息 參考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper) 转运站 轉運站 zhuǎn yùn zhàn distribution depot / staging post / transit center 人民英雄纪念碑 人民英雄紀念碑 rén mín yīng xióng jì niàn bēi Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square 直角尺 zhí jiǎo chǐ a set square (carpenter's tool) 离 chī mythical beast (archaic) syn 吃 喫 chī variant of 吃[chi1] syn 迟 遲 chí late / delayed / slow syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 凯 凱 kǎi (bound form) triumphal music / (Tw) (coll.) generous with money / lavish in spending / chi (Greek letter Χχ) syn 赤 chì red / scarlet / bare / naked syn 池 chí pond / reservoir / moat syn 齿 齒 chǐ tooth / CL:顆|颗[ke1] syn 痴 癡 chī variant of 痴[chi1] syn 匙 chí spoon syn 圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn 耻 恥 chǐ (bound form) shame / humiliation / disgrace syn 循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) / to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention syn 矩 jǔ carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve syn 翅 chì (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect) syn 驰 馳 chí to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread syn 嗤 chī laugh at / jeer / scoff at / sneer at 坪 píng a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) syn 哧 chī (onom.) giggling / breathing / tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc syn 炽 熾 chì to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious syn 叱 chì to scold / shout at / to hoot at syn 斥 chì to blame / to reprove / to reprimand / to expel / to oust / to reconnoiter / (of territory) to expand / saline marsh syn 弛 chí to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen syn 敕 chì imperial orders syn 饬 飭 chì (bound form) to put in order / to arrange properly / circumspect / well-behaved / to give (sb) an order syn 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 侈 chǐ extravagant / wasteful / exaggerating syn 榘 jǔ variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve 蚩 chī ignorant / worm syn 轸 軫 zhěn square / strongly (as of emotion) syn 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 迟浩田 遲浩田 chí hào tián Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003 三角板 sān jiǎo bǎn set square / triangle (for drawing right angles) syn 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 供销商 供銷商 gōng xiāo shāng distribution business / supplier 啻 chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just 笥 sì square bamboo container for food or clothing 魑 chī used in 魑魅[chi1mei4] 媸 chī ugly woman 瘛 chì used in 瘛瘲|瘛疭[chi4zong4] / Taiwan pr. [qi4] syn 枋 fāng Santalum album / square wooden pillar 