办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4] syn 方法 fāng fǎ method / way / means / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 术 術 shù method / technique syn 做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL:個|个[ge4] 手术室 手術室 shǒu shù shì operating room 法子 fǎ zi way / method / Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] syn 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 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 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 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 手术台 手術檯 shǒu shù tái operating table 路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn 窍门 竅門 qiào mén a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth) 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 野鸡 野雞 yě jī pheasant / unregistered and operating illegally (business) / (slang) prostitute syn 操作系统 操作系統 cāo zuò xì tǒng operating system 作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn 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 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 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 解法 jiě fǎ solution (to a math problem) / method of solving 教学法 教學法 jiào xué fǎ teaching method / pedagogy 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) 走弯路 走彎路 zǒu wān lù to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method 教法 jiào fǎ teaching method / teachings / doctrine 画法 畫法 huà fǎ painting technique / drawing method 操作台 cāo zuò tái operating desk / control panel / console 土法 tǔ fǎ traditional method 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 填鸭式 填鴨式 tián yā shì force feeding (as a teaching method) 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 司炉 司爐 sī lú stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine) syn 小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 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 工作报告 工作報告 gōng zuò bào gào working report / operating report 解决办法 解決辦法 jiě jué bàn fǎ solution / method to settle an issue 远端 遠端 yuǎn duān the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal 操作方法 cāo zuò fāng fǎ method of operation 操作规程 操作規程 cāo zuò guī chéng operating rules / work regulations 分析法 fēn xī fǎ the analytic method / analytic reasoning 业务主管 業務主管 chief operating officer 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) 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 归纳法 歸納法 guī nà fǎ induction (method of deduction in logic) 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn 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] 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 安卓 ān zhuó Android (operating system for mobile devices) 此路不通 cǐ lù bù tōng this road is blocked / fig. This method does not work. / Doing this is no good. 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 老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) 王永民 wáng yǒng mín Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] 字根表 zì gēn biǎo table of components used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method 标准作业程序 標準作業程序 biāo zhǔn zuò yè chéng xù standard operating procedures / standing operating procedures 业务费用 yè wù fèi yòng operating costs / operating expenses 特派团标准作业程序 mission standard operating procedures / mission standing operating procedures 经常作业程序 經常作業程序 jīng cháng zuò yè chéng xù standard operating procedures / standing operating procedures 无网格法 無網格法 wú wǎng gé fǎ meshless method (numerical simulation) / meshfree method 头发胡子一把抓 頭髮鬍子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all 共中点法 common midpoint method / CMP method / CMP technique 参考法或标准共识法 reference method / standard consensus method 直线排雷法 直線排雷法 linear clearance method / linear method 直线法 直線法 zhí xiàn fǎ linear clearance method / linear method 矩形排雷法 box clearance method / box method / box pattern 矩形法 jǔ xíng fǎ box clearance method / box method / box pattern 预计单位福利权办法 預計單位福利權辦法 projected unit credit method / accrued benefit method 应计福利办法 應計福利辦法 projected unit credit method / accrued benefit method 操作环境 操作環境 cāo zuò huán jìng operating environment 操作速率 cāo zuò sù lǜ operating speed 实时操作环境 實時操作環境 shí shí cāo zuò huán jìng real time operating environment 网路作业系统 網路作業系統 wǎng lù zuò yè xì tǒng network operating system 网络操作系统 網絡操作系統 wǎng luò cāo zuò xì tǒng network operating system 