向 (hoeng3 | xiang4) : to face; direction; towards; all along

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向

hoeng3

xiang4

[1] [v] face; turn towards | [ant] 背
[2] [n] direction; inclination; tendency
[3] [prep] towards; to; from; against
[4] [adv] all along; until now (as short for 一向)
[5] an uncommon surname

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

向

This word has been viewed 13127 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Nov 2014 00:46

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方向 fong1 hoeng3 fang1 xiang4 = direction; orientation; path

向前 hoeng3 cin4 xiang4 qian2 = face forwards, ahead

向後 hoeng3 hau6 xiang4 hou4 = backwards

向着 hoeng3 zoek6 xiang4 zhe5 = face; turn towards 國

反向 faan2 hoeng3 fan3 xiang4 = opposite direction; reverse

向來 hoeng3 loi4 xiang4 lai2 = all along; always

向下 hoeng3 haa6 xiang4 xia4 = downwards

向上 hoeng3 soeng6 = up, upswing, uptilt

面向 min6 hoeng3 mian4 xiang4 = face, turn towards

向後轉 hoeng3 hau6 zyun3 = about-face
See all 76 compounds (CantoDict reports 78 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 向

我走向沙灘國
I walked towards the beach.
[Could possibly be used in spoken Cantonese too, an editor will confirm soon. bernard: spoken cantonese would have a different sentence structure to express this.]

佢向我挑戰粵
He's challenging me.
[Lit. He toward me challenge.]

向客戶核實身份
Verify status with the customer

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

我要借此機會, 向各位致謝
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 向
Unicode code for this character: U+5411 (off-site link)

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