"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´ 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 Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 53 47 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 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 Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 53 47 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
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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          "english": "research direction",
          "roman": "yánjiū fāngxiàng",
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          "roman": "zhuǎnhuàn fāngxiàng",
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        {
          "english": "You need to go in that direction.",
          "ref": "你要朝那個方向走。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你要朝那个方向走。 [MSC, simp.]\nNǐ yào cháo nà ge fāngxiàng zǒu. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which way did she go?",
          "ref": "她朝哪個方向去了? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "她朝哪个方向去了? [MSC, simp.]\nTā cháo nǎ ge fāngxiàng qù le? [Pinyin]",
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          "text": "这一样车向我们展示了未来汽车的发展方向。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhè yī yàng chē xiàng wǒmen zhǎnshì le wèilái qìchē de fāzhǎn fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]",
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          "ref": "有人建議他要分散投資方向。 [MSC, trad.]",
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          "text": "有人建议他要分散投资方向。 [MSC, simp.]\nYǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
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      "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´ 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"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "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": "方向",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "方向",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "roman": "yánjiū fāngxiàng",
          "text": "研究方向",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to change direction",
          "roman": "zhuǎnhuàn fāngxiàng",
          "text": "轉換方向/转换方向",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You need to go in that direction.",
          "ref": "你要朝那個方向走。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你要朝那个方向走。 [MSC, simp.]\nNǐ yào cháo nà ge fāngxiàng zǒu. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which way did she go?",
          "ref": "她朝哪個方向去了? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "她朝哪个方向去了? [MSC, simp.]\nTā cháo nǎ ge fāngxiàng qù le? [Pinyin]",
          "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.",
          "ref": "這一樣車向我們展示了未來汽車的發展方向。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这一样车向我们展示了未来汽车的发展方向。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhè yī yàng chē xiàng wǒmen zhǎnshì le wèilái qìchē de fāzhǎn fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "有人建議他要分散投資方向。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "roman": "He was advised to diversify his investments.",
          "text": "有人建议他要分散投资方向。 [MSC, simp.]\nYǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]",
          "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´ 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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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.