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 城堡 chéng bǎo castle / rook (chess piece) syn 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 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 原点 原點 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 正方形 zhèng fāng xíng square 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 平方根 píng fāng gēn square root 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 古堡 gǔ bǎo ancient castle syn 方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn 公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] 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 平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer 红场 紅場 hóng chǎng Red Square (in Moscow) 方正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person) syn 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 方括号 方括號 fāng kuò hào square brackets [ ] 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 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 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) 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 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 坪 píng a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) syn 榘 jǔ variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve 轸 軫 zhěn square / strongly (as of emotion) syn 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 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 笥 sì square bamboo container for food or clothing 枋 fāng Santalum album / square wooden pillar 罾 zēng large square net syn 螓 qín small cicada with a square head 稜 léng corner / square beam 内城 內城 nèi chéng inner castle / donjon 方方正正 fāng fāng zhèng zhèng square-shaped syn 丁字尺 dīng zì chǐ T-square / set square (carpenter's tool) syn 盂方水方 yú fāng shuǐ fāng If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom) 规矩准绳 規矩準繩 guī ju zhǔn shéng compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 规矩绳墨 規矩繩墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 最小二乘法 zuì xiǎo èr chéng fǎ least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 最小二乘法平差 least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 最小二乘法拟合 最小二乘法擬合 least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 轸方 軫方 zhěn fāng square / four-square 四出文钱 四出文錢 sì chū wén qián coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文) 姬路城 jī lù chéng Himeji-jō, castle complex in Himeji, Hyōgo prefecture 兵庫縣|兵库县, Japan 魔宫 魔宮 mó gōng lit. devils' castle / place occupied by sinister forces 利兹堡宣言 利茲堡宣言 Leeds Castle Declaration 饱食终日无所用心 飽食終日無所用心 bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn eat three square meals a day and do no work / be sated with food and remain idle 枓 dǒu square base for Chinese flagstaff 库仑定律 庫侖定律 kù lún dìng lǜ Coulomb's law / the inverse square law of electrostatic forces 平方英尺 píng fāng yīng chǐ square foot (unit of area equal to 0.093 m²) 中括号 中括號 zhōng kuò hào square brackets [ ] 二次方 èr cì fāng square (i.e. x times x) 两清 兩清 liǎng qīng to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) 四方脸 四方臉 sì fāng liǎn square-jawed face 均方 jūn fāng mean square 平方千米 píng fāng qiān mǐ square kilometer 平方反比定律 píng fāng fǎn bì dìng lǜ inverse-square law (physics) 平方反比律 píng fāng fǎn bǐ lǜ inverse square law (physics) 平方成反比 píng fāng chéng fǎn bǐ proportional to inverse square (physics) 拉丁方块 拉丁方塊 lā dīng fāng kuài Latin square (math. puzzle) 方枘圆凿 方枘圓鑿 fāng ruì yuán záo to put a square peg in a round hole / incompatible (idiom) syn 方脸突额 方臉突額 fāng liǎn tū é to have a square face and a protruding forehead (idiom) 方顶 方頂 fāng dǐng square roof 方头 方頭 fāng tóu square headed 方头螺帽 方頭螺帽 fāng tóu luó mào square headed nut 特拉法加广场 特拉法加廣場 tè lā fǎ jiā guǎng chǎng Trafalgar Square (London) 特拉法尔加广场 特拉法爾加廣場 tè lā fǎ ěr jiā guǎng chǎng Trafalgar Square (London) 直角器 zhí jiǎo qì a set square (carpenter's tool) 矩尺 jǔ chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 虚宫格 虛宮格 xū gōng gé four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character 虚缺号 虛缺號 xū quē hào white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph 规行矩步 規行矩步 guī xíng jǔ bù to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) / to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention syn 角曲尺 jiǎo qū chǐ miter square (tool to measure angles) 配方法 pèi fāng fǎ completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.) 钢曲尺 鋼曲尺 gāng qū chǐ steel set square (tool to measure right angles) 青金石 qīng jīn shí lapis lazuli (mineral of the square albite family) 麦迪逊广场花园 麥迪遜廣場花園 mài dí xùn guǎng chǎng huā yuán Madison Square Garden 麦迪逊花园广场 麥迪遜花園廣場 mài dí xùn huā yuán guǎng chǎng Madison Square Garden 卡方分布 卡方分佈 kǎ fāng fēn bù chi-square distribution 乌鹃 烏鵑 wū juān (bird species of China) square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) 方孔钱 方孔錢 fāng kǒng qián round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China 