HSK 5 · Family

双方 shuāngfāng “both sides” in Chinese

Traditional 雙方

What 双方 means

  1. both sides
  2. both parties
  3. bilateral
  4. both parties involved

How to say 双方

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale双shuāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level

双方 in a sentence

  1. 首先，我要听听双方的意见。

    Shǒuxiān, wǒ yào tīngting shuāngfāng de yìjiàn.

    First, I want to hear both sides.

    Sentence #333844 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 双方本周举行会谈。

    Shuāngfāng běn zhōu jǔxíng huìtán.

    The two sides are holding talks this week.

    Sentence #2581551 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 双方在会谈中友好地交换了看法。

    Shuāngfāng zài huìtán zhōng yǒuhǎo de jiāohuàn le kànfǎ.

    The two sides had a friendly exchange of views during the talks.

    Sentence #3205542 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 双方 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 双 (shuāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
双shuāngtwo
  • 又again · yòu
  • 又again · yòu
The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 双方

双 4 strokes · 方 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

双方 (shuāngfāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 双方 (shuāngfāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 双方

Words with 双

双shuāng · two双胞胎shuāngbāotāi · twins

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

More words: People, Body & Health

人类rénlèi · humanity人生rénshēng · life (one’s time on earth)人物rénwù · figure身份shēnfèn · identity太太tàitai · wife外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)吻wěn · kiss兄弟xiōngdì · brothers

FAQs

双方 (shuāngfāng) means “both sides” or “both parties”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shuāngfāng: shuāng with a 1st tone, then fāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 双方 is written 雙方. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuangfang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 双方 from the suggestions. Typing shuangfang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
双方 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.