向西
xiàng xī
Pinyin

Definition

向西
 - 
xiàng xī
  1. westward

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

向
Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
向前
xiàng qián
  1. 1 forward
  2. 2 onward
方向
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
西
Xī
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish
西安
Xī ān
  1. 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
  2. 2 see 西安區|西安区[Xī ān qū]
西游记
Xī yóu Jì
  1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
  2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
一向
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past
偏向
piān xiàng
  1. 1 partial towards sth
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to incline
  4. 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
倾向
qīng xiàng
  1. 1 trend
  2. 2 tendency
  3. 3 orientation
倾向于
qīng xiàng yú
  1. 1 to incline to
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to be prone to
内向
nèi xiàng
  1. 1 reserved (personality)
  2. 2 introverted
  3. 3 (economics etc) domestic-oriented
切尔西
Qiè ěr xī
  1. 1 Chelsea
动向
dòng xiàng
  1. 1 trend
  2. 2 tendency
卡西欧
Kǎ xī ōu
  1. 1 Casio
印度尼西亚
Yìn dù ní xī yà
  1. 1 Indonesia
去向
qù xiàng
  1. 1 the position of sth
  2. 2 whereabouts
取向
qǔ xiàng
  1. 1 orientation
  2. 2 direction
可可西里
Kě kě xī lǐ
  1. 1 Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qīng Zàng gāo yuán]
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]

Idioms (20)

中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
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
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
  1. 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
  1. 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hell freezes over
  3. 3 pigs can fly
女生外向
nu:3 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)
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
  1. 1 to glower at each other (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
  1. 1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
所向披靡
suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
  1. 1 to sweep everything before one
  2. 2 to be invincible (idiom)
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
  1. 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
日落西山
rì luò xī shān
  1. 1 the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end
  2. 2 fig. time of decline
  3. 3 the end of an era
  4. 4 Sic transit gloria mundi
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
  1. 1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
  1. 1 to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
  2. 2 to sway
  3. 3 (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle

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