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)

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• 路向 road direction; direction; path
• 单向(單向) unidirectional
• 迷失方向 lose our bearings
• 全向 in all directions
• 切向量 tangent vector
• 双向(雙向) bidirectional; two-way; interactive
• 归向(歸向) to turn toward
• 转向(轉向) to change direction
• 面向对象的技术(面嚮對象的技術) object-oriented technology
• 面向对象语言(面嚮對象語言) object oriented language
• 意向书(意向書) letter of intent (LOI) (commerce)
• 换向(換向) commutation (electricity)
• 迳向(逕向) radial
• 定向培育 directed breeding
• 方向感 sense of direction
• 正方向 orientation
• 向左拐 to turn left
• 内向(內向) reserved (personality); introverted; (economics etc) domestic-oriented
• 掉向 to turn; to adjust one's direction; to lose one's bearings
• 向前翻腾(向前翻騰) forward somersault
• 相向 to face one another; face-to-face
• 取向 orientation
• 负向(負向) negative (response, emotion etc)
• 向日葵 a sunflower
• 高陵勿向 do not advance uphill [against the enemy]
• 逆向 backwards; reverse direction
• 所向无敌(所向無敵) to be invincible; unrivalled
• 前一向 lately; in the recent past
• 倾向性(傾向性) tendency; inclination; orientation
• 向来(向來) always; all along ; afterwards ; just now
• 趋向(趨向) to trend; to incline ; to curry favor
• 主法向量 principal normal vector (to a space curve)
• 引体向上(引體向上) chin-up (physical exercise)
• 野外定向 orienteering
• 单向电流(單向電流) unidirectional current; DC
• 向暮 towards evening
• 向上 upwards; uplifting
• 向北地 northward
• 自底向上 bottom-up
• 不良倾向(不良傾向) harmful trend
• 相向突击(相向突擊) sudden attack from the opposite direction
• 去向不明 missing; lost
• 向阳花(向陽花) a sunflower
• 改过向善(改過向善) to correct faults
• 向后翻腾(向後翻騰) backward somersault
• 外向型 an extrovert
• 本征向量(本徵向量) eigenvector
• 迎向 to go forward to greet
• 航向 course; direction (a ship or plane is heading in)
• 动向(動向) trend; tendency

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