向 xiàng

1. xiàng preposition towards; to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '向' prep; Kroll 2015 '向' 1; Unihan '向')
2. xiàng noun direction
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 方位 (Guoyu '向' n 2; Unihan '向')
3. xiàng verb to face
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 对着 or 朝着 (Guoyu '向' v 1)
4. xiàng adjective previous; former; earlier
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '向' adj; Kroll 2015 '向' 2)
5. xiàng adverb formerly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 曏; in the sense of 从前 (Guoyu '曏' adv; Unihan '曏')
6. xiàng noun a north facing window
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '向' n 1)
7. xiàng noun a trend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '向' n 3)
8. xiàng proper noun Xiang
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: The name of a historic state (Guoyu '向' n 4)
9. xiàng proper noun Xiang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '向' n 5; Kroll 2015 '向' 5)
10. xiàng verb to move towards
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 临近 or 接近 (Guoyu '向' v 5; Kroll 2015 '向' 1a)
11. xiàng verb to respect; to admire; to look up to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 崇尚 or 景仰 (Guoyu '向' v 2)
12. xiàng verb to favor; to be partial to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 偏袒 or 偏愛 (Guoyu '向' v 3)
13. xiàng adverb always
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 从来 (Guoyu '向' adv 1)
14. xiàng adverb just now; a moment ago
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 刚才 (Guoyu '向' adv 2)
15. xiàng verb to approximate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '向' 1b)
16. xiàng verb presuming
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '向' 3)
17. xiàng verb to attack
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '向' 4)
18. xiàng verb echo
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 响 (Kroll 2015 '向' 5)
19. xiàng verb to make clear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 曏; in the sense of 表明 (Guoyu '曏' v)

Contained in

• 法向力 normal force
• 人心所向 that which is yearned for by the public
• 向北地 northward
• 所向无敌(所向無敵) to be invincible; unrivalled
• 切向量 tangent vector
• 拳脚相向(拳腳相向) to square off; to exchange blows; to rain blows on sb
• 时钟方向(時鐘方向) clockwise
• 逆向 backwards; reverse direction
• 换向(換向) commutation (electricity)
• 动向(動向) trend; tendency
• 指向 to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
• 定向培育 directed breeding
• 面向连接(面嚮連接) connection-oriented
• 切向 tangent direction
• 物件导向(物件導向) object oriented
• 向阳(向陽) to face the sun ; Xiangyang
• 向量 a vector
• 向隅 to face the corner ; to miss out on
• 解理方向 direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate)
• 走向滑动断层(走向滑動斷層) strike-slip fault; fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
• 单向电流(單向電流) unidirectional current; DC
• 向性 tropism
• 向量代数(向量代數) vector algebra
• 偏向(偏曏) to be partial to ; an incorrect tendency
• 向日葵 a sunflower
• 成人向 suitable for adults
• 志向 an ambition; a goal; an ideal; an aspiration
• 向火 to warm oneself facing the fire
• 路向 road direction; direction; path
• 转向盘(轉向盤) steering wheel
• 向北 northward; facing north
• 逆向思考 using reverse logic for reasoning
• 正向前看 look-ahead assertion
• 面向对象的技术(面嚮對象的技術) object-oriented technology
• 本征向量(本徵向量) eigenvector
• 向慕 to adore
• 定向 to orientate
• 向往(嚮往) to yearn for; to look forward to
• 向壁虚造(向壁虛造) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
• 向量空间模型(向量空間模型) vector space model
• 不良倾向(不良傾向) harmful trend
• 向何处(向何處) whither
• 蒙头转向(矇頭轉向) to lose one's bearings; utterly confused
• 向斜 syncline
• 正方向 orientation
• 自底向上 bottom-up
• 切向力 tangential force
• 趋向补语(趨向補語) a complement of direction; a directional complement

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向量图形 、 向巴平措 、 向宠

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