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意向

yì xiàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

意向 (yì xiàng) means "intention; purpose; intent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 意向 means

1. intention
2. purpose
3. intent
4. inclination
5. disposition

The characters in 意向

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards

Words starting with 意向

• 意向书yì xiàng shūletter of intent (LOI) (commerce)

Sounds the same

Read yì xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意象image; imagery
• 义项sense (of a word)
• 异像extraordinary image
• 异象(religion) a vision; strange phenomenon

Where 意向 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yì xiàng correctly.
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