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方式

fāng shì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 种

方式 (fāng shì) means "way, manner, method". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 方式 means

1. way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc)

The characters in 方式

• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 式shìtype; form; pattern

Example sentences

• 换种方式说。
  Say it in another way.
• 请提供联系方式。
  Qǐng tígōng liánxìfāngshì.
  Please provide contact details.
• 我喜欢它发声的方式
  Wǒ xǐhuan tā fāshēng de fāngshì
  I like the way it sounds.
• 你用什么方式减压？
  Nǐ yòng shénme fāngshì jiǎnyā?
  How do you relieve stress?
• 没有联系他的方式。
  There's no way to get in touch with him.
• 你用什幺方式减压？
  How do you relieve stress?

Words containing 方式

• 生活方式shēng huó fāng shìway of life; lifestyle
• 联系方式lián xì fāng shìcontact details
• 运行方式yùn xíng fāng shìoperating method; running mode
• 付款方式fù kuǎn fāng shìterms of payment; payment method
• 快捷方式kuài jié fāng shì(computer) shortcut

Sounds the same

Read fāng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 方士alchemist; necromancer

Where 方式 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Organizing, Managing & Procedures (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fāng shì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.