办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4] syn 直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]) / immediate / straightforward syn 方法 fāng fǎ method / way / means / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) 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 手段 shǒu duàn method / way / means (of doing sth) / skill / ability / trick / wile syn 指挥 指揮 zhǐ huī to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 术 術 shù method / technique syn 指导 指導 zhǐ dǎo to guide / to direct / to instruct / coach / trainer syn 干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn 主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor syn 做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL:個|个[ge4] 法子 fǎ zi way / method / Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 遥控 遙控 yáo kòng to direct operations from a remote location / to remotely control 导 導 dǎo to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct syn 法式 fǎ shì rule / method / model 想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other syn 主导 主導 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate syn 联想 聯想 lián xiǎng to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs 算法 suàn fǎ arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation 路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn 直截了当 直截了當 zhí jié liǎo dàng direct and plainspoken (idiom) / blunt / straightforward syn 窍门 竅門 qiào mén a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth) syn 直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn 路子 lù zi method / way / approach syn 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 套子 tào zi sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom syn 执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc) 作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi 编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director 直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC) 切身 qiè shēn direct / concerning oneself / personal syn 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn 直观 直觀 zhí guān direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 近道 jìn dào shortcut / a quicker method syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 嫡系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine syn 直销 直銷 zhí xiāo to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing 督导 督導 dū dǎo to direct / to oversee 技法 jì fǎ technique / method syn 唱法 chàng fǎ singing style / singing method 归纳 歸納 guī nà to sum up / to summarize / to conclude from facts / induction (method of deduction in logic) syn 辩证法 辯證法 biàn zhèng fǎ dialectics / dialectic or Socratic method of debate 直航 zhí háng to fly or sail direct (to ...) 解法 jiě fǎ solution (to a math problem) / method of solving 教学法 教學法 jiào xué fǎ teaching method / pedagogy 直流电 直流電 zhí liú diàn direct current 制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 整流 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current) 走弯路 走彎路 zǒu wān lù to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 教法 jiào fǎ teaching method / teachings / doctrine 画法 畫法 huà fǎ painting technique / drawing method 统率 統率 tǒng shuài to command / to direct syn 土法 tǔ fǎ traditional method 正比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio / directly proportional syn 填鸭式 填鴨式 tián yā shì force feeding (as a teaching method) 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method syn 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 工笔 工筆 gōng bǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description 嫡传 嫡傳 dí chuán handed down in a direct line from the founder 导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct / director (film etc) 输入法 輸入法 shū rù fǎ input method 想办法 想辦法 xiǎng bàn fǎ to think of a method 五笔 五筆 wǔ bǐ abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 解决办法 解決辦法 jiě jué bàn fǎ solution / method to settle an issue 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 操作方法 cāo zuò fāng fǎ method of operation 分析法 fēn xī fǎ the analytic method / analytic reasoning 直选 直選 zhí xuǎn direct election 五笔字型 五筆字型 wǔ bǐ zì xíng five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 五笔输入法 五筆輸入法 wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 法儿 法兒 fǎ r way / method / means / Taiwan pr. [fa1 r5] 有限元 yǒu xiàn yuán finite element (method) 双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 治军 治軍 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops 激将法 激將法 jī jiàng fǎ indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task) 仓颉 倉頡 cāng jié Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method 导播 導播 dǎo bō to direct a television or radio broadcast / director (TV, radio) 直接选举 直接選舉 zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ direct election 归纳法 歸納法 guī nà fǎ induction (method of deduction in logic) 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 描红 描紅 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 拿 ná to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) syn 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 董 dǒng to supervise / to direct / director 干脆利落 乾脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around syn 此路不通 cǐ lù bù tōng this road is blocked / fig. This method does not work. / Doing this is no good. 诤友 諍友 zhèng yǒu a friend capable of direct admonition syn 触诊 觸診 chù zhěn body palpation (diagnostic method in TCM) / tactile examination 满堂灌 滿堂灌 mǎn táng guàn cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning 正比例 zhēng bǐ lì direct proportionality syn 