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志向

zhì xiàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

志向 (zhì xiàng) means "ambition; goal; ideal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 志向 means

1. ambition
2. goal
3. ideal
4. aspiration

The characters in 志向

• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards

Example sentences

• 我是有志向的人——清楚自己的目标。
  Wǒ shì yǒuzhì xiàng de rén —— qīngchu zìjǐ de mùbiāo.
  I'm someone ambitious - someone who knows very well what she is after.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhì xiàng correctly.
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