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  • 1

    v.turn towards; with the face or the right side towards; face

    • chuāng zi xiàng nán

      窗子

      The window faces south.

    • xiàng yáng

      turn towards the sun

    • miàn xiàng tài yáng zuò zhe

      太阳

      sit facing the sun

    antonym
  • 2

    prep.towards; in the direction of

    • dì qiú zì xī xiàng dōng xuán zhuǎn

      地球西旋转

      The earth turns round from west to east.

    • tā xiàng mén kǒu zǒu qù

      门口

      She walked to the door.

    • nǐ jiù xiàng shān li pǎo bù yào huí tóu

      不要回头

      You just run into the hills, and don't look back.

    antonym
  • 3

    n.direction

    • bù zhī qù xiàng

      be nowhere to be found

    • rén xīn suǒ xiàng

      人心

      (the trend of) popular sentiment

    • zhì xiàng

      ambition

    synonym
  • 4

    adv.fmlall along; always

    • xiàng wú cǐ lì

      There's no precedent for this.

    • xiàng bù guò wèn

      过问

      never inquire about

    • tā duì zhè ge lǐng yù xiàng yǒu yán jiū

      这个领域研究

      He has always been doing research in this field.

  • 5

    v.side with; be partial to; have an unfair preference/a bias (for)

    • mǔ qīn xiàng zhe dì di

      母亲弟弟

      Mother always sides with her younger son.

  • 6

    n.Xiang, a surname

  • 7

    v.fmlapproach; near upon

    • xiàng xiǎo yǔ zhǐ

      The rain stopped shortly before dawn.

    synonym
  • 8

    n.fmlpast

    • xiàng rì

      in the old days

  • 9

    n.fmlthe window facing north

    • xiàng yáng

      exposed to the sun

Words and phrases with 向

Similar-form characters to 向

Chinese Characters with pinyin xiàng

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  • be like; portrait
  • appraise; looks
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