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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *向* | 向* | *向
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
HSK 2
direction; orientation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚮* | 嚮* | *嚮
to tend toward / to guide / variant of
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曏* | 曏* | *曏
variant of / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly
HSK 2
a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
HSK 5
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
trend / tendency / orientation
HSK 6
to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet
HSK 6
trend; tendency
HSK 7-9
bidirectional / two-way / interactive
HSK 7-9
to be oriented towards / orientation
HSK 7-9
reserved (personality) / introverted / (economics etc) domestic-oriented
HSK 7-9
horizontal / orthogonal / perpendicular / lateral / crosswise
HSK 7-9
partial towards sth / to prefer / to incline / erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
HSK 7-9
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts
HSK 7-9
to orientate / directional / directed / orienteering
HSK 7-9
intention / purpose / intent / inclination / disposition
HSK 7-9
direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *向* | 向* | *向
surname Xiang
opposite direction / reverse
to get lost / to lose one's way
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
to stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward
confused and disoriented
unidirectional
orientation / direction
toward / to face / to open onto / to turn towards / orientation / exposure / Qibla (Islam)
ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration
extroverted (personality) / (economics etc) export-oriented
course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in)
aptitude / disposition / inclination
direction; trend / to incline
longitudinal / vertical
radial
backwards / reverse direction
to turn toward
radial (direction)
direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
facing one another; face-to-face
to lead to
to redirect
whereabouts unknown / gone missing
(of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of
to lose one's bearings / utterly confused
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
that which is yearned for by the public
unidirectional / single-aspect
Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
road direction / (fig.) direction / path
to charge into
in all directions
to glower at each other (idiom)
to lead to / to draw to / to steer towards
axis / axial
tangent direction
(of a game, movie etc) intended for children (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 子供向け "kodomo-muke")
commutation (electricity)
leeward
harmful trend
lately / in the recent past
a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband
sexual orientation
sexual orientation
suitable for adults
to square off / to exchange blows / to rain blows on sb
to turn / to adjust one's direction / to lose one's bearings
forward direction / (math.) positive direction
to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate)
negative (response, emotion etc)
orienteering


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