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方向

fāng xiàng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

方向 (fāng xiàng) means "direction; orientation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 方向 means

1. direction; orientation

The characters in 方向

• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards

Example sentences

• 你的方向感很好。
  Nǐ de fāngxiànggǎn hěn hǎo.
  You have a really good sense of direction.
• 箭头表示行进方向。
  Jiàntóu biǎoshì xíngjìn fāngxiàng.
  The arrow indicates the way to go.
• 他们往小镇方向去了。
  Tāmen wǎng xiǎozhèn fāngxiàng qù le.
  They made their way toward the town.
• 他们往相反的方向去。
  Tāmen wǎng xiāngfǎn de fāngxiàng qù.
  They went in opposite directions.
• 你一点方向感都没有。
  Nǐ yīdiǎn fāngxiànggǎn dōu méiyǒu.
  You have no sense of direction.
• 中央公园在哪个方向？
  Which way is Central Park?

Words starting with 方向

• 方向盘fāng xiàng pánsteering wheel
• 方向性fāng xiàng xìngdirectionality (molecular biology)
• 方向感fāng xiàng gǎnsense of direction

Words containing 方向

• 正方向zhèng fāng xiàngforward direction; (math) positive direction
• 解理方向jiě lǐ fāng xiàngdirection of cleavage (e.g. of slate)
• 单方向dān fāng xiàngunidirectional; single-aspect

Where 方向 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Geography & places (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fāng xiàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.