"phương" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [fɨəŋ˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [fɨəŋ˧˧] [Huế], [fɨəŋ˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-phương.wav Forms: phang [alternative]
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 方. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|方}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|方}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 方 Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} phương, {{vi-noun}} phương
  1. direction (theoretical line)
    Sense id: en-phương-vi-noun-ZgGCGe6r Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 50 50
  2. direction (guidance, instruction) Related terms (Obsolete terms): phương chi () (english: especially when; let alone; much less)
    Sense id: en-phương-vi-noun-r-l~tQP7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 50 50 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'Obsolete terms': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bất phương trình, bình phương, bốn phương (english: the four directions), chân phương (english: upright and proper), đa phương, đa phương tiện, địa phương [region, location], đối phương, đơn phương (english: unilateral), lập phương, phương án, phương châm (english: policy essence), phương diện, phương Đông, phương hướng (english: direction), phương ngôn, phương ngữ, phương pháp (english: method), phương pháp luận, phương sách, phương sai, phương Tây, phương thức (english: method), phương tiện (english: helpful thing), phương trình, song phương, tha phương (english: displaced; foreign), thập phương, tiền phương, trùng phương, tứ phương, viễn phương, vô phương (english: unable)
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      "english": "the four directions",
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      "english": "policy essence",
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      "ipa": "[fɨəŋ˧˧]",
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      "word": "bất phương trình"
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    {
      "word": "bình phương"
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      "word": "bốn phương"
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      "word": "chân phương"
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      "word": "đa phương"
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      "word": "phương hướng"
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      "word": "phương pháp"
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