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)
  20. xiàng verb facing towards; abhimukha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: abhimukha, Japanese: kou, or: kyou, or: shou, Tibetan: mngon du phyogs pa (BCSD '向', p. 245; Mahāvyutpatti 'abhimukham'; MW 'abhimukha'; SH '向', p. 204; Unihan '向')

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