方式
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
方式 (fāngshì) · way
方式 (fāngshì) means “way; method; manner”. It is written with 2 characters: 方 (square) + 式 (formula). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 方式 is built
The characters
方 fāng · square
What 方 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
式 shì · formula
What 式 is made of
- 弋yì — to catch
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A craftsman using an awl 弋 and a measuring square 工 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这是最好的学习方式。Zhè shì zuì hǎo de xuéxí fāngshì.This is the best way to study.
你用什么方式付钱？Nǐ yòng shénme fāngshì fù qián?How will you pay?
Questions about 方式
What does 方式 mean?
方式 (fāngshì) means “way; method; manner”.
How do you pronounce 方式?
方式 is pronounced fāngshì.
Which HSK level is 方式?
方式 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 地方dìfangplace
- 北方běifāngthe north
- 东方dōngfāngthe east
- 方便fāngbiànconvenient
- 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
- 方法fāngfǎmethod
- 方面fāngmiànaspect
- 方向fāngxiàngdirection
- 南方nánfāngthe south
- 西方xīfāngthe West
Learn 方式 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 87: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.