"方向" meaning in Chinese

See 方向 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /faŋ⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ²¹³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyɔŋ²¹³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/, /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²/, /faŋ⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ²¹³/, /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/, /foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/, /huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyɔŋ²¹³/, /hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/, /huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³/ Chinese transliterations: fāngxiàng [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], fang¹ xiang⁴ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], fong¹ hoeng³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fông-hiong [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], huŏng-hióng, hong-hiòng [Hokkien, POJ], hong-hiàng [Hokkien, POJ], huang¹ hiang³ [Peng'im, Teochew], fāngxiàng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], fāngxiang [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄈㄤ ˙ㄒㄧㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], fangsiång [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], fang¹-hsiang⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], fāng-syang [Mandarin, Yale], fang.shianq [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], фансян [Mandarin, Palladius], fansjan [Mandarin, Palladius], fangxiang [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], fōng heung [Cantonese, Yale], fong¹ hoeng³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fong¹ hêng³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], fông-hiong [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], fong^ˊ hiong [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], fong¹ hiong⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], huŏng-hióng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], hong-hiòng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], honghioxng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hong-hiàng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], honghiaxng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], huang hiàng [POJ, Teochew], pjang xjangH [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 方向
  1. direction; orientation Synonyms (direction): 方位 (fāngwèi), 指向 (zhǐxiàng), 走向 (zǒuxiàng)
    Sense id: en-方向-zh-noun-~8PyoW-o Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 53 47 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 36 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 36 27 7 Disambiguation of 'direction': 98 2
  2. (figuratively, by extension) course; goal or trend of events Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-方向-zh-noun-v7faz0~2 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 53 47 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 36 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 36 27 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 大方向 (dàfāngxiàng), 掌方向盤的, 掌方向盘的, 方向感 (fāngxiànggǎn), 方向盤 (fāngxiàngpán), 方向盘 (fāngxiàngpán), 方向舵 (fāngxiàngduò) Related terms: 方面 (fāngmiàn)
Synonyms: 傾向, 倾向, 動向 (dòngxiàng), 动向 (dòngxiàng), 取向 (qǔxiàng), 意味 (yìwèi), 潮流 (cháoliú), 苗頭 (miáotou), 苗头 (miáotou), 走向 (zǒuxiàng), 趨勢 (qūshì), 趋势 (qūshì), 趨向 (qūxiàng), 趋向 (qūxiàng)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis": "53 47",
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        {
          "_dis": "29 36 27 7",
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        {
          "_dis": "30 36 27 7",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "research direction",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "yánjiū fāngxiàng",
          "text": "研究方向",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to change direction",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "zhuǎnhuàn fāngxiàng",
          "text": "轉換方向",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to change direction",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "roman": "zhuǎnhuàn fāngxiàng",
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        },
        {
          "english": "You need to go in that direction.",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ yào cháo nà ge fāngxiàng zǒu.",
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          ],
          "text": "你要朝那個方向走。",
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        },
        {
          "english": "You need to go in that direction.",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "Which way did she go?",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "roman": "Tā cháo nǎ ge fāngxiàng qù le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她朝哪個方向去了?",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Which way did she go?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "roman": "Tā cháo nǎ ge fāngxiàng qù le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她朝哪个方向去了?",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "direction; orientation"
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      "id": "en-方向-zh-noun-~8PyoW-o",
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          "direction",
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          "orientation",
          "orientation"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "word": "方位"
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          "roman": "zhǐxiàng",
          "sense": "direction",
          "word": "指向"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "roman": "zǒuxiàng",
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          "_dis": "30 36 27 7",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "This concept shows us the direction of future car development.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè yī yàng chē xiàng wǒmen zhǎnshì le wèilái qìchē de fāzhǎn fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這一樣車向我們展示了未來汽車的發展方向。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This concept shows us the direction of future car development.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè yī yàng chē xiàng wǒmen zhǎnshì le wèilái qìchē de fāzhǎn fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这一样车向我们展示了未来汽车的发展方向。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was advised to diversify his investments.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "有人建議他要分散投資方向。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was advised to diversify his investments.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "有人建议他要分散投资方向。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "course; goal or trend of events"
      ],
      "id": "en-方向-zh-noun-v7faz0~2",
      "links": [
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          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ],
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          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively, by extension) course; goal or trend of events"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāngxiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fang¹ xiang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hoeng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fông-hiong"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "huŏng-hióng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang¹ hiang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāngxiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāngxiang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄤ ˙ㄒㄧㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fangsiång"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fang¹-hsiang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāng-syang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fang.shianq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фансян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fansjan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fangxiang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faŋ⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fōng heung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hoeng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hêng³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fông-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong^ˊ hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hiong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huŏng-hióng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyɔŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "honghioxng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "honghiaxng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang hiàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pjang xjangH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faŋ⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyɔŋ²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "傾向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "倾向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dòngxiàng",
      "word": "動向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dòngxiàng",
      "word": "动向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǔxiàng",
      "word": "取向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yìwèi",
      "word": "意味"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cháoliú",
      "word": "潮流"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "miáotou",
      "word": "苗頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "miáotou",
      "word": "苗头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zǒuxiàng",
      "word": "走向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūshì",
      "word": "趨勢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūshì",
      "word": "趋势"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūxiàng",
      "word": "趨向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūxiàng",
      "word": "趋向"
    }
  ],
  "word": "方向"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 向",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 方",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "dàfāngxiàng",
      "word": "大方向"
    },
    {
      "word": "掌方向盤的"
    },
    {
      "word": "掌方向盘的"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāngxiànggǎn",
      "word": "方向感"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāngxiàngpán",
      "word": "方向盤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāngxiàngpán",
      "word": "方向盘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāngxiàngduò",
      "word": "方向舵"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "方向"
          },
          "expansion": "方向",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "方向",
            "2": "ほうこう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "方向(ほうこう) (hōkō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "방향(方向)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 방향(方向) (banghyang)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "phương hướng",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "方向"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: phương hướng (方向)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "方向",
            "2": "ほうこう",
            "3": "방향",
            "4": "phương hướng",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "方向",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "方向",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "方向",
            "v": "方向",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (方向):\n* → Japanese: 方向(ほうこう) (hōkō)\n* → Korean: 방향(方向) (banghyang)\n* → Vietnamese: phương hướng (方向)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ほうこう",
            "3": "방향",
            "4": "phương hướng"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (方向):\n* → Japanese: 方向(ほうこう) (hōkō)\n* → Korean: 방향(方向) (banghyang)\n* → Vietnamese: phương hướng (方向)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (方向):\n* → Japanese: 方向(ほうこう) (hōkō)\n* → Korean: 방향(方向) (banghyang)\n* → Vietnamese: phương hướng (方向)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "方向",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "fāngmiàn",
      "word": "方面"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "research direction",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "yánjiū fāngxiàng",
          "text": "研究方向",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to change direction",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "zhuǎnhuàn fāngxiàng",
          "text": "轉換方向",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to change direction",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "zhuǎnhuàn fāngxiàng",
          "text": "转换方向",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You need to go in that direction.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ yào cháo nà ge fāngxiàng zǒu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你要朝那個方向走。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You need to go in that direction.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ yào cháo nà ge fāngxiàng zǒu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你要朝那个方向走。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which way did she go?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā cháo nǎ ge fāngxiàng qù le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她朝哪個方向去了?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which way did she go?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā cháo nǎ ge fāngxiàng qù le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她朝哪个方向去了?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "direction; orientation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "orientation",
          "orientation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This concept shows us the direction of future car development.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè yī yàng chē xiàng wǒmen zhǎnshì le wèilái qìchē de fāzhǎn fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這一樣車向我們展示了未來汽車的發展方向。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This concept shows us the direction of future car development.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè yī yàng chē xiàng wǒmen zhǎnshì le wèilái qìchē de fāzhǎn fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这一样车向我们展示了未来汽车的发展方向。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was advised to diversify his investments.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "有人建議他要分散投資方向。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was advised to diversify his investments.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "有人建议他要分散投资方向。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "course; goal or trend of events"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, by extension) course; goal or trend of events"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāngxiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fang¹ xiang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hoeng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fông-hiong"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "huŏng-hióng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang¹ hiang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāngxiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāngxiang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄤ ˙ㄒㄧㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fangsiång"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fang¹-hsiang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāng-syang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fang.shianq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фансян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fansjan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fangxiang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faŋ⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fōng heung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hoeng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hêng³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fông-hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong^ˊ hiong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fong¹ hiong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huŏng-hióng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyɔŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "honghioxng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hong-hiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "honghiaxng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang hiàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pjang xjangH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faŋ⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyɔŋ²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fāngwèi",
      "sense": "direction",
      "word": "方位"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǐxiàng",
      "sense": "direction",
      "word": "指向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǒuxiàng",
      "sense": "direction",
      "word": "走向"
    },
    {
      "word": "傾向"
    },
    {
      "word": "倾向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòngxiàng",
      "word": "動向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòngxiàng",
      "word": "动向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǔxiàng",
      "word": "取向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìwèi",
      "word": "意味"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháoliú",
      "word": "潮流"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáotou",
      "word": "苗頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáotou",
      "word": "苗头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǒuxiàng",
      "word": "走向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūshì",
      "word": "趨勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūshì",
      "word": "趋势"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūxiàng",
      "word": "趨向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūxiàng",
      "word": "趋向"
    }
  ],
  "word": "方向"
}

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