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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
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

向
xiàng
towards; direction, trend
HSK 3 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

纵向
zòngxiàng
longitudinal
轴向
zhóuxiàng
axis
换向
huànxiàng
commutation (electricity)
相向
xiāngxiàng
facing one another
走向
zǒuxiàng
direction
路向
lùxiàng
road direction
志向
zhìxiàng
ambition
掉向
diàoxiàng
to turn
朝向
cháoxiàng
toward
归向
guīxiàng
to turn toward
航向
hángxiàng
book
冲向
chōngxiàng
to charge into
引向
yǐnxiàng
to lead to
趋向
qūxiàng
direction
切向
qiēxiàng
tangent direction
外向
wàixiàng
outward-looking
HSK 6
性向
xìngxiàng
aptitude
指向
zhǐxiàng
to point towards
单向
dānxiàng
uni-directional
方向
fāngxiàng
direction
HSK 4

Example Sentences (1)

老周，我打算买房子了，想向你借点儿钱。
Lǎo Zhōu, wǒ dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi le, xiǎng xiàng nǐ jiè diǎnr qián.
Old Zhou, I'm planning to buy a house and want to borrow some money from you.
Text 1

Alternate Entries

向
Xiàng
surname Xiang
HSK 3
向
xiàng
to tend toward / to guide / variant of [[向<xiàng>]]
HSK 3
向
xiàng
variant of [[向<xiàng>]] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
145
Word Frequency Rank
313 of 84,292