全方位 (quán fāng wèi) — all-round; comprehensive; omnidirectional | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

全方位 emphasizes covering every direction and angle, often for strategies, services, or analysis. Pair it with 全面 ('comprehensive' in a general sense); use 宏观 for a big-picture, big-scale view.

noun

all-roundcomprehensiveomnidirectional

Examples

全方位。
Wǒ men gōng sī tí gōng quán fāng wèi de fú wù.
Our company provides comprehensive services.
全方位。
Zhè ge jì huà xū yào quán fāng wèi de kǎo lǜ.
This plan requires comprehensive consideration.
全方位。
Tā men zhì dìng le quán fāng wèi de fā zhǎn zhàn lüè.
They formulated an all-round development strategy.

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.

方位directions and positions

方fāngdirection位wèiposition

联合Coordinate

全 'all' and 方位 'directions and positions' combine to mean every direction or aspect.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

入入rù
玉玉yùjade

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

立lì位wèi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

位 combines 人 (man), related to people, with 立, which gives the sound. It was often simply written as 立.

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