一方 (yī fāng) — (formal) party, side (in a contract, dispute, or competition); (formal) region, area

Definition

Formal 'one side / one party' — used for participants in a contract, dispute, or negotiation. Also a literary 'region, area', often poetic, more elevated than plain 地方.

noun
(formal) partyside (in a contract, dispute, or competition)(formal) regionarea
Easily confused

Examples

  • 一方。
    Hé tong zhōng de rèn hé yī fāng dōu bù néng dān fāng miàn jiě chú xié yì.
    Neither party in the contract can unilaterally terminate the agreement.
  • 一方，。
    yī fāng Tí chū tán pàn, lìng yì fāng biǎo shì tóng yì.
    One side proposed negotiations, and the other side agreed.
  • 一方，。
    Zhè piàn yī fāng shuǐ tǔ fēng měi, shì hé zhòng zhí chá yè.
    This region has fertile land and water, suitable for growing tea.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

一yīone
方fāngside

一 counts 方, giving one side, party, or region.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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