(fāng zhèng) - anyway, in any case, upright in Mandarin

fāngzhèng

Traditional: 方正

HSK 5

#771 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

anyway, in any case, upright

Word origin

A compound of 方 (fang) 'square' and 正 (zheng) 'upright, straight'. Literally 'square and upright', describing something neat and regular, or a person of upright character.

Origin: compound
Root: 方 (fang, 'square') + 正 (zheng, 'upright')

Stroke order

方

正

Examples

，。

In any case, I don't care.

。

This matter needs to be resolved in any case.

，。

Anyway, you go first.

。

His handwriting is neat and square.

。

This stone is perfectly square.

方正 (fāng zhèng) means anyway, in any case, upright. It is used as an adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 16.