方位 meaning and pronunciation

方位
Simplified/traditional word

方位 English definition

fāng wèi

  • direction
  • points of the compass
  • bearing
  • position
  • azimuth

HSK level


Characters

  • (fāng): square; power or involution (mathematics); 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;
  • (wèi): position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes);