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向

xiàng

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
PrepositionAdverb

向 (xiàng) is a Chinese word meaning “towards”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. surname Xiang
  2. towards
  3. to face
  4. to turn towards
  5. direction
  6. to support
  7. to side with
  8. shortly before
  9. formerly
  10. always
  11. all along
  12. (suffix) suitable for ...
  13. oriented to ...

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Example

他向我走過來。

He walked towards me.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).