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[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 Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 10401 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 = direction; orientation; path 向前 hoeng3 cin4 = face forwards, ahead 向後 hoeng3 hau6 = backwards 向着 hoeng3 zoek6 = face; turn towards 國 反向 faan2 hoeng3 = opposite direction; reverse 向來 hoeng3 loi4 = all along; always 向下 hoeng3 haa6 = downwards 向上 hoeng3 soeng6 = up, upswing, uptilt 面向 min6 hoeng3 = 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) |
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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.]
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. ] Legend 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. |