平 方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 方 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 方 正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person) 方 块 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond &diams / (in card games) 方 形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 正 方 形 zhèng fāng xíng square 见 方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") 堂 堂 正 正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square 格 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 轸 square / strongly (as of emotion) 二 次 方 èr cì fāng square (i.e. x times x) 轸 方 zhěn fāng square / four-square 老 古 板 lǎo gǔ bǎn overly conservative / old-fashioned / old fogey / a square 平 方 米 píng fāng mǐ square meter 广 场 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 平 米 píng mǐ square meter / short for 平方米 配 方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) 规 矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved 平 方 公 里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer 对 阵 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight 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 原 点 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 铜 钱 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) 方 寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × / 1 cun, or 3⅓ / cm × / 3⅓ / cm) / heart / mind 人 民 广 场 Rén mín Guǎng chǎng People's Square, Shanghai 时 代 广 场 Shí dài Guǎng chǎng Times Square 方 格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 天 安 门 广 场 Tiān ān mén Guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square 结 清 jié qīng to settle (an account) / to square up 红 场 Hóng chǎng Red Square (in Moscow) 另 起 炉 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 八 仙 桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people 平 方 根 píng fāng gēn square root 人 民 英 雄 纪 念 碑 Rén mín Yīng xióng Jì niàn bēi Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square 方 括 号 fāng kuò hào square brackets [ ] 直 角 尺 zhí jiǎo chǐ a set square (carpenter's tool) 角 尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) 三 角 板 sān jiǎo bǎn set square / triangle (for drawing right angles) 曲 尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) 矩 carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve 坪 a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) 圭 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 榘 variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve 笥 square bamboo container for food or clothing 枋 Santalum album / square wooden pillar 罾 large square net 螓 small cicada with a square head 稜 corner / square beam 循 规 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 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 guī ju zhǔn shéng compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 规 矩 绳 墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 丁 字 尺 dīng zì chǐ T-square / set square (carpenter's tool) 饱 食 终 日 无 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 square base for Chinese flagstaff 库 仑 定 律 Kù lún dìng lu:4 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 zhōng kuò hào square brackets [ ] 两 清 liǎng qīng to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) 均 方 jūn fāng mean square 平 方 千 米 píng fāng qiān mǐ square kilometer 平 方 反 比 律 píng fāng fǎn bǐ lu:4 inverse square law (physics) 平 方 成 反 比 píng fāng chéng fǎn bǐ proportional to inverse square (physics) 拉 丁 方 块 Lā dīng fāng kuài Latin square (math. puzzle) 方 城 fāng chéng square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) 方 枘 圆 凿 fāng ruì yuán záo to put a square peg in a round hole / incompatible (idiom) 方 脸 突 额 fāng liǎn tū é to have a square face and a protruding forehead (idiom) 方 顶 fāng dǐng square roof 方 头 fāng tóu square headed 方 头 螺 帽 fāng tóu luó mào square headed nut 特 拉 法 加 广 场 Tè lā fǎ jiā Guǎng chǎng Trafalgar Square (London) 特 拉 法 尔 加 广 场 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) 虚 缺 号 xū quē hào white square character ( □ / ), used to represent a missing ideograph 规 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 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 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 Mài dí xùn guǎng chǎng huā yuán Madison Square Garden 麦 迪 逊 花 园 广 场 Mài dí xùn huā yuán guǎng chǎng Madison Square Garden 最 小 二 乘 法 zuì xiǎo èr chéng fǎ least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 方 孔 钱 fāng kǒng qián round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China 归 零 guī líng to reset to zero / (fig.) to start again from scratch / to go back to square one 均 方 根 jūn fāng gēn root mean square 均 方 根 速 度 jūn fāng gēn sù duó root mean square velocity / rms velocity 标 准 误 差 standard error / root mean square error / RMS error 均 方 根 误 差 standard error / root mean square error / RMS error 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 least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 均 方 根 加 速 度 root mean square acceleration 国 字 脸 guó zì liǎn square face 大 啖 一 番 dà dàn yī fān to have a square meal 拳 脚 相 向 quán jiǎo xiāng xiàng to square off / to exchange blows / to rain blows on sb 饱 食 终 日 ， 无 所 用 心 bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle 方 帽 fāng mào mortarboard / square academic cap 平 方 平 均 数 píng fāng píng jūn shù root mean square (RMS) / quadratic root 缺 角 quē jiǎo (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece 四 出 文 钱 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) 
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