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走向

zǒu xiàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

走向 (zǒu xiàng) means "direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 走向 means

1. direction
2. strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology)
3. inclination
4. trend
5. to move towards
6. to head for

The characters in 走向

• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards

Example sentences

• 萨米走向了柜台。
  Sami walked up to the counter.
• 走向前去，为荣耀！
  Onwards, to glory!

Words starting with 走向

• 走向断层zǒu xiàng duàn céngstrike fault (geology)
• 走向滑动断层zǒu xiàng huá dòng duàn céngstrike-slip fault (geology); fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one…

Sounds the same

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

• 走相to lose one's good looks

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