粵

一jat1方fong1

jat1 fong1yī fāng

English

  1. a party (in a contract or legal case)
  2. one side
  3. area
  4. region
  5. a person or a group; one party

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個人或者機構、群體

Examples

  • 避開空氣污染嘅唯一方法就係喺啲杳無人煙嘅地方到住。

    The only way to escape air pollution is to live in the middle of nowhere.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 那是我们在枪林弹雨中自保的唯一方法。

    That was the only way we could defend ourselves against all this terrible shooting.

    Tatoeba · mtdot CC BY

  • 他和我简直心有灵犀,才刚说一句,另一方已经回应。

    He and I have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. No sooner does one of us say something than the other is already responding.

    Tatoeba · sirpoot CC BY

  • 事故雙方的說法相差太大,當局難以判斷哪一方說的是實話。

    The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 一方面我们虽然蒙受了损失,但另一方面我们从这次经验中学到了很多。

    On the one hand we suffered a heavy loss, but on the other hand we learned a great deal from the experience.

    Tatoeba · hsuan07 CC BY

  • 我打电话给你,一方面是想请你吃饭,另一方面是想告诉你我儿子要结婚了。

    On the one hand I called you to invite you to dinner, on the other to tell you my son is getting married.

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 某個地方或區域

    a place or an area

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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