| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction / orientation / path to follow / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 方位 | fāng wèi | direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth | |
| 方 |  fāng | square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 向 | xiàng | variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly | |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for | |
| 针对性 | zhēn duì xìng | focus / direction / purpose / relevance | |
| 取向 | qǔ xiàng | orientation / direction | |
| 趋向 | qū xiàng | direction / trend / to incline | |
| 航向 | háng xiàng | course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) | |
| 路向 | lù xiàng | road direction / (fig.) direction / path | |
| 一路 | yī lù | the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind | |
| 风情 | fēng qíng | mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc | |
| 转向 | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction / fig. to change one's stance | |
| 指向 | zhǐ xiàng | to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated | |
| 转头 | zhuǎn tóu | to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent | |
| 反过来 | fǎn guo lái | conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction | |
| 流向 | liú xiàng | direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward | |
| 风头 | fēng tóu | wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight | |
| 反向 | fǎn xiàng | opposite direction / reverse | |
| 逆向 | nì xiàng | backwards / reverse direction | |
| 风向 | fēng xiàng | wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events | |
| 拐弯 | guǎi wān | to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction | |
| 倒转 | dào zhuǎn | to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head | |
| 背道而驰 | bèi dào ér chí | to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to | |
| 对开 | duì kāi | running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc) | |
| 源流 | yuán liú | (of watercourses) source and direction of flow / origin and development | |
| 调转 | diào zhuǎn | to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn | |
| 方向感 | fāng xiàng gǎn | sense of direction | |
| 转 | zhuǎn | to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) | |
| 改弦易辙 | gǎi xián yì zhé | change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune | |
| 中国致公党 | Zhōng guó Zhì gōng dǎng | (PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP | |
| 抢 | qiāng | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary | |
| 物极必反 | wù jí bì fǎn | when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) | |
| 百川归海 | bǎi chuān guī hǎi | all things tend in one direction (idiom) | |
| 一改故辙 | yī gǎi gù zhé | complete change from the old rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices | |
| 曏 | xiàng | variant of 向, direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly / to side with / to be partial to / all along (previously) | |
| 垔 | yīn | to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound | |
| 传播四方 | chuán bō sì fāng | to disseminate in every direction (idiom) | |
| 切向 | qiē xiàng | tangent direction | |
| 四方响应 | sì fāng xiǎng yìng | a response from every direction (idiom) | |
| 掉向 | diào xiàng | to turn / to adjust one's direction / to lose one's bearings | |
| 相向突击 | xiāng xiàng tū jī | sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom) | |
| 解理方向 | jiě lǐ fāng xiàng | direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate) | |
| 迂回奔袭 | yū huí bēn xí | to attack from an unexpected direction | |
| 自动测向器 | zì dòng cè xiàng qì | automatic direction finder | |
| 行政领导和管理 | | executive direction and management | |
| 程序指示 | chéng xù zhǐ shì | Practice Direction | |
| 地平指示器 | | attitude direction indicator | |
| 无线电侧向机 | | radio direction finder | |
| 射击指挥 | shè jī zhǐ huī | fire direction | |
| 高级官员安保局 | gāo jí guān yuán ān bǎo jú | Direction de la protection rapprochée des hautes personnalités | |
| 航迹垂直方向 | háng jì chuí zhí fāng xiàng | across-track direction | |
| 领土监视局 | | Direction de la surveillance du territoire | |
| 监狱管理局 | | Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire | |
| 梯度方向 | | gradient direction | |
| 测深线方向 | | line direction / sounding line direction / direction of sounding lines | |
| 移民事务总局 | | Direction générale des migrations | |
| 航迹并行方向 | | along-track direction | |
| 攻击方向 | | direction of attack | |
| 路痴 | lù chī | person with a poor sense of direction | |
| 导正 | dǎo zhèng | (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction / to correct (behavior etc) | |
| 驶向 | shǐ xiàng | (of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of | |
