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Xiàng

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Xiàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xiàng | Xiang4
English translation
surname Xiang
towards
to face
to turn towards
direction
to support
to side with
shortly before
formerly
always
all along
to tend toward
to guide
variant of Xiàng [xiàng]
orientation
to turn toward
to
towards; direction, trend

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About Xiàng

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Xiàng

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Etymology of Xiàng

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Positional decomposition

⿵? kǒu

Explanation

Depicts a mouth ( kǒu ) in a closed space ( gài ) making an echo sound. Based on the original meaning "echo; sound", now written as xiǎng . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using Xiàng

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方向盘 fāng xiàng pán Cóng 冻僵 dòng jiāng de 手里 shǒu lǐ 滑脱, 汽车 qì chē 便 biàn héng zhāo 穿 chuān Guò le 马路 mǎ lù .

The wheel slipped from my frozen hand, and the car went right across the road.

植物 zhíwù de 本性 běn xìng shì Xiàng shǎng tǐng cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .

It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.

小山 Xiàng 海岸 hǎi àn xià xié .

The hills subsided toward the shore.

司机 sījī 识时务 shí shí wù de zhāo yǎn 向前 xiàng qián wàng zhāo ,汽车 qì chē 速度 sùdù 加快 jiā kuài le 一些 yī xiē .

The driver squinted judiciously ahead and built up the speed of the truck a little.

zhè gēn 线 xiàn Xiàng Zuǒ xié le .

The line is slanting to the left.

Words with Xiàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Xiàng towards Xiàng
方向 fāngxiàng direction方向 fāngxiàng
走向 zǒu xiàng direction走向 zǒu xiàng
倾向 qīngxiàng trend傾向
向前 xiàng qián forward向前 xiàng qián
一向 yīxiàng always (previously)一向 yīxiàng
转向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction轉向
面向 miàn xiàng to face面嚮
向上 xiàng shàng upward向上 xiàng shàng
指向 zhǐ xiàng aimed at指向 zhǐ xiàng
向往 xiàngwǎng to yearn for嚮往
导向 dǎoxiàng orientation導向
通向 tōng xiàng to lead to通向 tōng xiàng
取向 qǔ xiàng orientation取向 qǔ xiàng
方向盘 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel方向盤
意向 yìxiàng intention意向 yìxiàng
双向 shuāng xiàng two-way雙向
去向 qù xiàng whereabouts去向 qù xiàng
定向 dìng xiàng to orientate定向 dìng xiàng
向来 xiànglái always (previously)向來
向下 xiàng xià down向下 xiàng xià
向导 xiàngdǎo guide嚮導
动向 dòng xiàng trend動向
向日葵 xiàng rì kuí sunflower (Helianthus annuus)向日葵 xiàng rì kuí
趋向 qū xiàng direction趨向

Xiàng Decomposition & Compounds

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Xiàng Decomposition

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Xiàng Compounds

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  • Xiàng
    • xiǎng , xiǎng , shǎng , shǎng , xiǎng , xiàng , , , , , , , xiǎng
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