# 八方
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bāfāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baat$^3$ fong$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-fông
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-hong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāfāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bafang
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$-fang$^1$
*** Yale: bā-fāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bafang
*** Palladius: бафан (bafan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baat$^3$ fong$^1$
*** Yale: baat fōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baat$^8$ fong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bad$^3$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-fông
*** Hakka Romanization System: bad$^ˋ$ fong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bad$^5$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pat̚² foŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-hong
*** Tâi-lô: pat-hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pathofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: peat pjang
Rime :
| Character | 八 | 方 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 鎋 (75) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 博拔切 | 府良切 |
| Baxter | peat | pjang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠɛt̚/ | /pʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚæt̚/ | /pʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pæt̚/ | /piuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pəɨt̚/ | /puaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /pɛt̚/ | /piuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pæt̚/ | /pĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pat̚/ | /piwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ba | fāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baat$^3$ | fong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤret C-paŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*preːd paŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 八 | 方 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bā | fāng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pɛt › | ‹ pjang › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁret/ | /*C-paŋ/ |
| English | eight | square |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 八 | 方 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 89 | 3023 |
| Phonetic component | 八 | 方 |
| Rime group | 月 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 八 | 方 |
| Old Chinese | /*preːd/ | /*paŋ/ |
| Notes | | 甲金文象槳即榜初文， 下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆 |

### Noun

八方
* eight points of the compass
* all around; in all directions; from every direction
* all sides
       Yīfāng yǒu nán, bāfāng zhīyuán. [Pinyin]
       When disaster strikes, assistance comes from all sides.

#### Synonyms

* (all around): 八面 (bāmiàn)

#### Derived terms

* 八方受敵／八方受敌 (bāfāngshòudí)
* 八方呼應／八方呼应
* 出家人吃八方
* 和尚吃八方
* 四面八方 (sìmiànbāfāng)
* 威震八方
* 眼觀六路，耳聽八方／眼观六路，耳听八方 (yǎn guān liùlù, ěr tīng bāfāng)
* 眼觀四處，耳聽八方／眼观四处，耳听八方 (yǎn guān sìchù, ěr tīng bāfāng)
* 耳聽八方／耳听八方 (ěrtīngbāfāng)

#### See also

* 四方 (sìfāng)
* 十方 (shífāng)