"向" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 向 |  xiàng | variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 向上 | xiàng shàng | upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向前 | xiàng qián | forward / onward | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向往 | xiàng wǎng | to yearn for / to look forward to | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向下 | xiàng xià | down / downward | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向来 | xiàng lái | always (previously) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向外 | xiàng wài | outward | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向后 | xiàng hòu | backward | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向导 | xiàng dǎo | guide | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向北 | xiàng běi | northward / facing north | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向南 | xiàng nán | southward | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向左 | xiàng zuǒ | facing left / leftwards / to the left | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向东 | xiàng dōng | eastwards | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向右 | xiàng yòu | facing right / rightwards / to the right | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向西 | xiàng xī | westward | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向阳 | xiàng yáng | facing the sun / exposed to the sun | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向量 | xiàng liàng | (math.) vector | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向背 | xiàng bèi | to support or oppose | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向斜 | xiàng xié | syncline (geology) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向隅 | xiàng yú | (lit.) to face the corner / (fig.) to miss out on sth | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向火 | xiàng huǒ | to warm oneself facing the fire | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向例 | xiàng lì | custom / usual practice / convention up to now | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向慕 | xiàng mù | to adore | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向暮 | xiàng mù | towards evening | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向盘 | xiàng pán | compass | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向性 | xiàng xìng | tropism | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 向着 | xiàng zhe | towards / facing (sb or sth) / (coll.) to side with / to favor | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 向日葵 | xiàng rì kuí | sunflower (Helianthus annuus) | |
| 向心力 | xiàng xīn lì | centripetal force / (fig.) cohering force / cohesion / team spirit | |
| 向西南 | xiàng xī nán | southwestward | |
| 向阳花 | xiàng yáng huā | sunflower | |
| 向风的 | windward | | |
| 向陆的 | landward / landward of | | |
| 向海的 | seaward / seaward of | | |
| 向脑的 | cephalotropic | | |
| 向北地 | xiàng běi dì | northward | |
| 向地性 | xiàng dì xìng | gravitropism | |
| 向何处 | xiàng hé chù | whither | |
| 向家坝 | Xiàng jiā bà | Xiangjiaba Dam, Yunnan, site of a hydropower station | |
| 向量积 | xiàng liàng jī | vector product (of vectors) | |
| 向上地 | xiàng shàng dì | up / upward / upwards | |
| 向阳区 | Xiàng yáng qū | Xiangyang district of Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jia1 mu4 si1], Heilongjiang | |
| 向右拐 | xiàng yòu guǎi | to turn right | |
| 向左拐 | xiàng zuǒ guǎi | to turn left | |
| 向壁虚构 | xiàng bì xū gòu | facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication | |
| 向壁虚造 | xiàng bì xū zào | facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication | |
| 向光细菌 | phototropic bacteria | | |
| 向量格式 | vector format | | |
| 向巴平措 | Xiàng bā píng cuò | Qiangba Puncog (1947-), chairman of the government of Tibet (i.e. governor) 2003-2010 | |
| 向后翻腾 | xiàng hòu fān téng | backward somersault | |
| 向量代数 | xiàng liàng dài shù | vector algebra | |
| 向量空间 | xiàng liàng kōng jiān | (math.) vector space / linear space | |
| 向量图形 | xiàng liàng tú xíng | (computing) vector graphics | |
| 向前翻腾 | xiàng qián fān téng | forward somersault | |
| 向上改叙 | xiàng shàng gǎi xù | upward reclassification | |
| 向下改叙 | xiàng xià gǎi xù | downward reclassification | |
| 向隅而泣 | xiàng yú ér qì | (idiom) to weep in solitude | |
| 向水中排放 | open water dumping | | |
| 向大使提问 | xiàng dài shǐ tí wèn | Ask an Ambassador | |
| 向家坝水电站 | Xiàng jiā bà shuǐ diàn zhàn | Xiangjiaba hydroelectric power plant of Three Gorges Dam | |
| 向海中倾弃尾矿 | submarine tailings disposal | | |
| 向海倾斜反射面 | xiàng hǎi qīng xié fǎn shè miàn | seaward-dipping reflector | |
| 向童工现象亮红牌 | xiàng tóng gōng xiàn xiàng liàng hóng pái | Red Card to Child Labour | |
| 向学校提供食品方桉 | food-for-school programme | | |
| 向新闻界发表的谈话 | statement to the press (of the SC president) | | |
| 向海倾斜反射面序列 | seaward-dipping reflector sequence / sequence of seaward-dipping reflectors | | |
| 向文官政府过渡方桉 | Programme of Transition to Civil Rule | | |
| 向妇女领袖颁奖仪式 | xiàng fù rǔ lǐng xiù bān jiǎng yí shì | Award Ceremony for women leaders | |
| 向莫桑比克捐助者会议 | Donors Conference for Mozambique | | |
| 向非洲提供特别援助方桉 | Special Programme of Assistance for Africa | | |
| 向非洲提供贷款阿拉伯基金 | Arab Fund for Providing Loans to Africa | | |
| 向南非贷款问题国际讨论会 | International Seminar on Loans to South Africa | | |
| 向公众宣传裁军问题信托基金 | Trust Fund for Public Awareness on Disarmament Issues | | |
| 向最不发达国家提供援助协调员 | Coordinator of Assistance to the Least Developed Countries | | |
| 向新独立国家提供援助协调会议 | Coordinating Conference on Assistance to the Newly Independent States | | |
| 向安哥拉选举提供援助特别项目 | Special Project of Assistance to the Angolan Elections | | |
| 向小岛屿发展中国家提供援助方桉 | Programme of Assistance to Small Island Developing Countries | | |
| 向莫桑比克提供紧急援助信托基金 | Trust Fund for Emergency Assistance to Mozambique | | |
| 向选举进程提供技术援助信托基金 | Trust Fund for Technical Assistance to Electoral Processes | | |
| 向伊拉克运送货物通知书或请求书 | xiàng yī lā kè yùn sòng huò wù tòng zhī shū huò qǐng qiú shū | Notification or Request to Ship Goods to Iraq | |
| 向索马里提供人道主义援助协调会议 | United Nations Coordination Meeting for Humanitarian Assistance for Somalia / Coordination Meeting for Humanitarian Assistance for Somalia | | |
| 向基层主动行动提供组织和合作支助 | Organizational and Cooperative Support to Grass-roots Initiatives | | |
| 向欧洲输送石油和天然气国家间方桉 | Interstate Oil and Gas Transmission to Europe | | |
| 向阿富汗提供人道主义经济援助方桉 | Humanitarian Economic Assistance Programme to Afghanistan | | |
| 向索马里提供特别人道主义援助方桉 | Special Humanitarian Assistance Programme for Somalia | | |
| 向非洲和阿拉伯国家提供技术援助基金 | Fund for Technical Assistance to African and Arab Countries | | |
| 向伊拉克提供人道主义援助紧急信托基金 | Emergency Trust Fund for Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq | | |
| 向阿富汗提供紧急人道主义援助联合呼吁 | Consolidated Appeal for Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan | | |
| 向种族主义和种族歧视进行战斗世界会议 | World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination | | |
| 向环境署臭氧秘书处提供专家的信托基金 | Trust Fund to Provide Experts to the UNEP Ozone Secretariat | |
Approximate Results for 向 | ||||
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction / orientation / CL:個|个[ge4] | | |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for | | |
| 面向 | miàn xiàng | to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet | | |
| 一向 | yī xiàng | a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time | | |
| 转向 | zhuàn xiàng | to get lost / to lose one's way | | |
| 转向 | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction / fig. to change one's stance | | |
| 倾向 | qīng xiàng | trend / tendency / orientation | | |
| 指向 | zhǐ xiàng | to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated | | |
| 导向 | dǎo xiàng | to be oriented towards / orientation | | |
| 意向 | yì xiàng | intention / purpose / intent / inclination / disposition | | |
| 双向 | shuāng xiàng | bidirectional / two-way / interactive | | |
| 横向 | héng xiàng | horizontal / orthogonal / perpendicular / lateral / crosswise | | |
| 定向 | dìng xiàng | to orientate / directional / directed / orienteering | | |
| 朝向 | cháo xiàng | toward / to face / to open onto / to turn towards / orientation / exposure / Qibla (Islam) | | |
| 动向 | dòng xiàng | trend / tendency | | |
| 内向 | nèi xiàng | reserved (personality) / introverted / (economics etc) domestic-oriented | | |
| 冲向 | chōng xiàng | to charge into | | |
| 去向 | qù xiàng | direction in which sb or sth has gone / whereabouts | | |
| 取向 | qǔ xiàng | orientation / direction | | |
| 趋向 | qū xiàng | direction / trend / to incline | | |
| 通向 | tōng xiàng | to lead to | | |
| 流向 | liú xiàng | direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward | | |
| 迈向 | mài xiàng | to stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward | | |
| 正向 | zhèng xiàng | forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) | | |
| 纵向 | zòng xiàng | longitudinal / vertical | | |
| 单向 | dān xiàng | unidirectional | | |
| 反向 | fǎn xiàng | opposite direction / reverse | | |
| 偏向 | piān xiàng | partial towards sth / to prefer / to incline / erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation) | | |
| 逆向 | nì xiàng | backwards / reverse direction | | |
| 外向 | wài xiàng | extroverted (personality) / (economics etc) export-oriented | | |
| 风向 | fēng xiàng | wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events | | |
| 志向 | zhì xiàng | ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration | | |
| 引向 | yǐn xiàng | to lead to / to draw to / to steer towards | | |
| 相向 | xiāng xiàng | facing one another / face-to-face | | |
| 轴向 | zhóu xiàng | axis / axial | | |
| 航向 | háng xiàng | course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) | | |
| 径向 | jìng xiàng | radial (direction) | | |
| 全向 | quán xiàng | in all directions | | |
| 性向 | xìng xiàng | aptitude / disposition / inclination | | |
| 刘向 | Liú Xiàng | Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author | | |
| 归向 | guī xiàng | to turn toward | | |
| 换向 | huàn xiàng | commutation (electricity) | | |
| 掉向 | diào xiàng | to turn / to adjust one's direction / to lose one's bearings | | |
| 负向 | fù xiàng | negative (response, emotion etc) | | |
| 迳向 | jìng xiàng | radial | | |
| 路向 | lù xiàng | road direction / (fig.) direction / path | | |
| 切向 | qiē xiàng | tangent direction | | |
| 驶向 | shǐ xiàng | (of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of | | |
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| 外向FATS | outward Foreign Affiliates Statistics outward FATS | | |
| 方向盘 | fāng xiàng pán | steering wheel | |
| 倾向于 | qīng xiàng yú | to incline to / to prefer / to be prone to | |
| 风向标 | fēng xiàng biāo | vane / propellor blade / weather vane / windsock | |
| 外向型 | wài xiàng xíng | export-oriented (economic model) | |
| 重定向 | chóng dìng xiàng | to redirect | |
| 意向书 | yì xiàng shū | letter of intent (LOI) (commerce) | |
| 倾向性 | qīng xiàng xìng | tendency / inclination / orientation | |
| 方向性 | fāng xiàng xìng | directionality (molecular biology) | |
| 方向感 | fāng xiàng gǎn | sense of direction | |
| 性取向 | xìng qǔ xiàng | sexual orientation | |
| 转向灯 | zhuǎn xiàng dēng | vehicle turn indicator light | |
| 万向节 | wàn xiàng jié | universal joint system | |
| 横向路 | lateral route / transversal route | | |
| 风向量 | wind vector | | |
| 定向线 | line of constant bearing / loxodrome | | |
| 偏向力 | deviating force / Coriolis force | | |
| 成人向 | chéng rén xiàng | suitable for adults | |
| 单方向 | dān fāng xiàng | unidirectional / single-aspect | |
| 导向带 | dǎo xiàng dài | guide tape | |
| 定向雷 | dìng xiàng léi | directional mine | |
| 法向力 | fǎ xiàng lì | normal force (physics) | |
| 法向量 | fǎ xiàng liàng | normal vector | |
| 前一向 | qián yī xiàng | lately / in the recent past | |
| 切向力 | qiē xiàng lì | tangential force | |
| 切向量 | qiē xiàng liàng | tangent vector | |
| 日向礁 | rì xiàng jiāo | Rixiang | |
| 使转向 | shǐ zhuǎn xiàng | to divert | |
| 头向前 | tóu xiàng qián | headlong | |
| 性指向 | xìng zhǐ xiàng | sexual orientation | |
| 正方向 | zhèng fāng xiàng | forward direction / (math.) positive direction | |
| 正向力 | zhèng xiàng lì | normal force (physics) | |
| 转向盘 | zhuǎn xiàng pán | steering wheel | |
| 子供向 | zǐ gōng xiàng | (of a game, movie etc) intended for children (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 子供向け / "kodomo-muke") | |
| 晕头转向 | yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng | confused and disoriented | |
| 所向披靡 | suǒ xiàng pī mǐ | (idiom) to sweep everything before one / to be invincible | |
| 欣欣向荣 | xīn xīn xiàng róng | (idiom) flourishing / thriving | |
| 所向无敌 | suǒ xiàng wú dí | to be invincible / unrivalled | |
| 人心所向 | rén xīn suǒ xiàng | that which is yearned for by the public | |
| 不知去向 | bù zhī qù xiàng | whereabouts unknown / gone missing | |
| 定向培育 | dìng xiàng péi yù | directed breeding | |
| 改恶向善 | gǎi è xiàng shàn | turn away from evil and follow virtue | |
| 横向流动 | lateral move | | |
| 横向说明 | horizontal note | | |
| 定向钻进 | directional drilling | | |
| 纵向扩散 | vertical proliferation | | |
| 纵向干预 | vertical intervention | | |
| 反向散射 | back-scattering | | |
| 横向工兵 | horizontal engineer / road engineer | | |
| 经向转移 | meridional transfer | | |
| 构造转向 | vergence | | |
| 横向补给 | abeam replenishment | | |
| 双向时间 | two-way traveltime / two-way transit time / two-way time | | |
| 纵向布雷 | axial mining | | |
| 轴向布雷 | axial mining | | |
| 横向联系 | horizontal linkage | | |
| 横向钻孔 | horizontal drilling | | |
| 呼叫转向 | call deflection | | |
| 后向散射 | acoustic backscatter / backscatter | | |
| 反向否决 | reverse veto | | |
| 导向陀螺 | guidance gyroscope | | |
| 宗教取向 | religious preference | | |
| 梯度方向 | gradient direction | | |
| 网格北向 | grid north | | |
| 测向划界 | lateral delimitation | | |
| 正向划界 | frontal delimitation | | |
| 竖向基金 | vertical fund | | |
| 反向歧视 | reverse discrimination | | |
| 上向流动 | upward mobility | | |
| 上向移动 | upward mobility | | |
| 纵向审计 | vertical audit | | |
| 全向天线 | omnidirectional antenna | | |
| 横向报告 | horizontal report | | |
| 攻击方向 | direction of attack | | |
| 单向时间 | one-way time | | |
| 本征向量 | běn zhēng xiàng liàng | eigenvector (math.) / also written 特徵向量|特征向量 | |
| 波束指向 | bō shù zhǐ xiàng | beam pointing | |
| 不良倾向 | bù liáng qīng xiàng | harmful trend | |
| 单位向量 | dān wèi xiàng liàng | (math.) unit vector | |
| 单向电流 | dān xiàng diàn liú | (elec.) unidirectional current / DC / also written 直流[zhi2 liu2] | |
| 导向目标 | dǎo xiàng mù biāo | targeting | |
| 导向装置 | dǎo xiàng zhuāng zhì | guiding device | |
| 定向捕捞 | dìng xiàng bǔ lāo | directed fishing | |
| 定向越野 | dìng xiàng yuè yě | cross-country orienteering | |
| 定向渔业 | dìng xiàng yú yè | directed fishery | |
| 定向制裁 | dìng xiàng zhì cái | smart sanctions / targeted sanctions | |
| 对向海岸 | duì xiàng hǎi àn | opposite coasts | |
| 反向购买 | fǎn xiàng gòu mǎi | counterpurchase | |
| 副法向量 | fù fǎ xiàng liàng | binormal vector (to a space curve) | |
| 各向同性 | gè xiàng tóng xìng | isotropy | |
| 解理方向 | jiě lǐ fāng xiàng | direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate) | |
| 经向输送 | jīng xiàng shū sòng | meridional transfer | |
| 矛头指向 | máo tóu zhǐ xiàng | to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc) | |
| 蒙头转向 | mēng tóu zhuǎn xiàng | to lose one's bearings / utterly confused | |
| 面向连接 | miàn xiàng lián jiē | connection-oriented | |
| 女生外向 | nu:3 shēng wài xiàng | a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband | |
| 怒目相向 | nù mù xiāng xiàng | to glower at each other (idiom) | |
| 切向速度 | qiē xiàng sù dù | tangential velocity | |
| 拳脚相向 | quán jiǎo xiāng xiàng | to square off / to exchange blows / to rain blows on sb | |
| 曲率向量 | qū lu:4 xiàng liàng | curvature vector | |
| 去向不明 | qù xiàng bù míng | missing / lost | |
| 双向文字 | shuāng xiàng wén zì | bidirectional script | |
