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向往

xiàng wǎng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 嚮往

向往 (xiàng wǎng) means "to yearn for". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 向往 means

1. to yearn for
2. to look forward to

The characters in 向往

• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards
• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards

Example sentences

• 每个人都向往幸福。
  Měigerén dōu xiàngwǎng xìngfú.
  Everybody desires happiness.
• 我向往着和她一起看那部电影.
  Wǒ xiàngwǎng zhe hé tā yīqǐ kàn nà bù diànyǐng.
  I am looking forward to seeing the film with her.
• 没有什么可以阻挡，我对自由的向往。
  Méiyǒu shénme kěyǐ zǔdǎng, wǒ duì zìyóu de xiàngwǎng.
  Nothing can keep me from yearning for freedom.
• 没有什幺可以阻挡，我对自由的向往。
  Nothing can keep me from yearning for freedom.

Where 向往 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xiàng–xiào (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiàng wǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.