🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

方法

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fāngfǎ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Way/weɪ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们有很多方法可以解决这个问题。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A method, style, or manner of doing something.

    "There are many different ways to solve this complex mathematical problem."
  2. 2

    A road, track, or path leading from one place to another.

    "We lost our way in the dense forest as night began to fall."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'way' originates from Old English 'weg', which meant 'a path or road'. It has Germanic roots, related to the Old High German 'weg' and the Dutch 'weg', evolving over centuries to encompass various meanings related to methods, manners, or directions.

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