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 表 錶 biǎo watch (timepiece) / meter / gauge syn 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 计 計 jì to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge syn 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) 读数 讀數 dú shù reading / data from meter 节拍 節拍 jié pāi beat (music) / meter syn 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) 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 原点 原點 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) syn 韵律 韻律 yùn lǜ cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody syn 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 度数 度數 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc) 微米 wēi mǐ micron (one thousandth of a millimeter or 10^-6 meter) 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 平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer 血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer 红场 紅場 hóng chǎng Red Square (in Moscow) 方正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person) syn 电表 電表 diàn biǎo power meter / ammeter / amperemeter / wattmeter / kilowatt-hour meter syn 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 计价器 計價器 jì jià qì fare meter / taximeter 立方米 lì fāng mǐ cubic meter (unit of volume) 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy 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 水表 shuǐ biǎo water meter / indicator of water level 天安门广场 天安門廣場 tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square 量表 liáng biǎo gauge / meter / scale 结清 結淸 jié qīng to settle (an account) / to square up 照度计 照度計 zhào dù jì lux meter / light meter 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) 测速仪 測速儀 cè sù yí velocimeter / sound velocity meter 米 mǐ uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan 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 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 曝光表 bào guāng biǎo light meter / exposure meter 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 辐射仪 輻射儀 fú shè yí radiation meter 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 湿球黑球温度仪 濕球黑球溫度儀 shī qiú hēi qiú wēn duó yí wet bulb globe temperature meter / WBGT index meter / heat stress meter 湿球黑球温度指数仪 濕球黑球溫度指數儀 wet bulb globe temperature meter / WBGT index meter / heat stress meter 方城 fāng chéng square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) 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) 百米赛跑 百米賽跑 bǎi mǐ sài pǎo 100-meter dash 巡测仪 巡測儀 xún cè yí survey meter 沾染程度检查仪 沾染程度檢查儀 zhān rǎn chéng dù jiǎn chá yí contamination meter 停车计时器 停車計時器 tíng chē jì shí qì parking meter 多功能表 duō gōng néng biǎo multifunction meter (e.g. for gas and electricity supply) 安培计 安培計 ān péi jì ammeter (loanword from "ampere meter") syn 棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 jí bí qīng dǎo lóng Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout 测试器 測試器 cè shì qì testing apparatus / monitoring device / checker / meter 立方公尺 lì fāng gōng chǐ cubic meter (m³) 电量表 電量表 diàn liàng biǎo charge gauge / battery indicator / power meter / coulometer 音步 yīn bù foot (syllabic unit in verse) / meter / scansion 流速计 流速計 liú sù jì current meter 牛顿米 牛頓米 niú dùn mǐ newton meter, unit of torque (symbol: N⋅m) 便携污染仪 portable contamination meter 2500米水深点 2500米水深點 200mi3 shuǐ shēn diǎn 2,500 m crossing / 2,500 meter depth point 手动式肺量计 manual spirometer (PEF) / peak-flow meter 布鲁尔-马斯特电化学探测仪 布魯爾-馬斯特電化學探測儀 Mast-Brewer electrochemical sonde / Brewer-Mast electrochemical sonde / Mast ozone meter / Brewer instrument 分贝计 分貝計 decibel meter 