向
xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

向
 - 
xiàng
  1. towards
  2. to face
  3. to turn towards
  4. direction
  5. to support
  6. to side with
  7. shortly before
  8. formerly
  9. always
  10. all along
  11. (suffix) suitable for ...
  12. oriented to ...
向 (曏)
 - 
xiàng
  1. variant of 向[xiàng]
  2. direction
  3. orientation
  4. to face
  5. to turn toward
  6. to
  7. towards
  8. shortly before
  9. formerly
向 (嚮)
 - 
xiàng
  1. to tend toward
  2. to guide
  3. variant of 向[xiàng]
向
 - 
Xiàng
  1. surname Xiang

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

响
xiǎng
  1. 1 echo
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 noise
  4. 4 to make a sound
  5. 5 to sound
  6. 6 to ring
  7. 7 loud
  8. 8 classifier for noises
晌
shǎng
  1. 1 part of the day
  2. 2 midday
饷
xiǎng
  1. 1 soldier's pay
饷
xiǎng
  1. 1 variant: 饷 xiǎng
垧
shǎng
  1. 1 unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝|亩[mǔ] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)

Related Words (20)

向
Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
方向
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
一向
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past
倾向
qīng xiàng
  1. 1 trend
  2. 2 tendency
  3. 3 orientation
内向
nèi xiàng
  1. 1 reserved (personality)
  2. 2 introverted
  3. 3 (economics etc) domestic-oriented

Idioms (10)

向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
  1. 1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to miss out on sth
女生外向
nǚ shēng wài xiàng
  1. 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
  2. 2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好好学习，天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
  1. 1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)

Sample Sentences

为了遏制疫情向外蔓延，自1月23日起，作为中国重要交通枢纽，这座城市暂停市内公交运营，关闭离汉通道，近千万武汉市民蛰伏家中，进行特殊的战斗。
wèile èzhì yìqíng xiàngwài mànyán ，zì yī yuè èrshísān rì qǐ ，zuòwéi Zhōngguó zhòngyào jiāotōng shūniǔ ，zhè zuò chéngshì zàntíng shìnèi gōngjiāo yùnyíng ，guānbì lí Hàn tōngdào ，jìn qiānwàn Wǔhàn shìmín zhéfú jiā zhōng ，jìnxíng tèshū de zhàndòu 。
In order to contain the spread, starting from January 23rd, as an important transportation hub in China, this city has suspended public transport, closed down all channels leaving Wuhan, and left nearly ten million of Wuhan citizens staying at home, fighting a special battle.
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后来秦宇向女孩儿的邻居们打听，才知道原来女孩儿7月31日在上海看完话剧表演后，在回酒店的路上被一个酒后驾车的司机撞上，当场身亡，香消玉陨了，而8月7日那天正好是女孩儿的头七。
hòulái QínYǔ xiàng nǚháiēr de línjū men dǎting ，cái zhīdào yuánlái nǚháiēr yuè rì zài Shànghǎi kàn wán huàjù biǎoyǎn hòu ，zài huí jiǔdiàn de lùshang bèi yīgè jiǔhòu jiàchē de sījī zhuàng shàng ，dāngchǎng shēnwáng ，xiāngxiāoyùyǔn le ，ér yuè rì nàtiān zhènghǎo shì nǚháiēr de tóuqī 。
Afterwards, QinYu asked the girl's neighbor. As it turned out, the girl got hit by a drunk driver on her way back to the hotel, right after she watched the play in Shanghai on 31st of July. She died at the scene. This pretty girl perished along with her fragrance. August 7th is the 7th day after her death.
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我要向你坦白一件事，其实我不是你的亲生妈妈。
wǒ yào xiàng nǐ tǎnbái yī jiàn shì ，qíshí wǒ búshi nǐ de qīnshēng māma 。
I have to confess to you that I am actually not your biological mother.
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小刘，你这次面向西南地区的销售工作推进得相当不错呀。
xiǎoliú ，nǐ zhè cì miànxiàng xīnán dìqū de xiāoshòu gōngzuò tuījìn de xiāngdāng bùcuò ya 。
Xiao Liu, the sales progress from your work in the southwest region has been quite good.
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我向我的老板巨细靡遗地汇报了我的工作进度。
wǒ xiàng wǒ de lǎobǎn jv4xìmíyí de huìbào le wǒ de gōngzuò jìndù 。
I gave my boss a detailed work report.
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中国计划在2022年建成现代气象为农服务体系，可向95%以上的公众提供预警信息，2018年，农村用户对于气象服务满意度达到91.4分。
Zhōngguó jìhuà zài nián jiànchéng xiàndài qìxiàng wèinóngfúwǔ tǐxì ，kě xiàng yǐshàng de gōngzhòng tígōng yùjǐng xìnxī ， nián ，nóngcūn yònghù duìyú qìxiàng fúwù mǎnyìdù dádào fēn 。
China plans to build a modern meteorological service system in 2022, which will provide early warning information to more than 95% of the public. In 2018, rural users' satisfaction with meteorological services reached 91.4 points.
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明知山有虎，偏向虎山行，如果中文说得不好，用英文学习就好了。
míngzhīshānyǒuhǔ,piānxiànghǔshānxíng ，rúguǒ Zhōngwén shuō de bùhǎo ，yòng Yīngwén xuéxí jiù hǎo le 。
Take the bull by the horns. If you can't speak Chinese well, using English to learn is fine.
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明知山有虎，偏向虎山行。真是有勇气啊！
míngzhīshānyǒuhǔ,piānxiànghǔshānxíng 。zhēnshi yǒu yǒngqì a ！
Take the bull by the horns. He's so brave!
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明知山有虎，偏向虎山行。
Míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ ，piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng 。
Take the bull by the horns.
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亚马逊中国就此向新京报记者回复称，其将于2019年7月18日停止为亚马逊中国网站上的第三方卖家提供卖家服务，将保留亚马逊海外购、亚马逊全球开店、Kindle和亚马逊云计算等各项业务。
Yàmǎxùn Zhōngguó jiùcǐ xiàng xīnJīngbào jìzhě huífù chēng ，qí jiāng yú nián yuè rì tíngzhǐ wèi Yàmǎxùn Zhōngguó wǎngzhàn shàng de dìsānfāng màijiā tígōng màijiā fúwù ，jiāng bǎoliú Yàmǎxùn hǎiwài gòu 、Yàmǎxùn quánqiú kāidiàn 、 hé Yàmǎxùn yún jìsuàn děng yèwù 。
1: Amazon China responded to the Beijing News reporter that it will stop providing services for third-party sellers on the Amazon China website from July 18, 2019, but will retain its other businesses such as Amazon's overseas purchases, Amazon's global stores, Kindle and Amazon cloud computing.
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