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意向 yìxiàng

意向 yìxiàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 意向 yìxiàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yìxiàng | yi4 xiang4
English translation
intention
purpose
intent
inclination
disposition

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Traditional form

意向 yìxiàng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 意向 yìxiàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and yīn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yīn

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

音心

Number of Strokes

13
Xiàng

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.

Positional decomposition

⿵? kǒu

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 意向 yìxiàng

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hǎo 那么 nà me 我们 wǒmen 已经 yǐjīng 一致同意向北走 le

Okay, so are we agreed on going north?

意向 yìxiàng Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 意向 yìxiàng and their own compounds.

意向 yìxiàng Compounds

See all 28 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 意向 yìxiàng in their composition.

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