向 xiàng in a sentence
To (direction - face - towards - look)
向 (xiàng) means To (direction - face - towards - look). Below are 24 of the 82 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 向 老师问了一个问题。
Wǒ xiàng lǎoshī wèn le yí gè wèntí.
I asked the teacher a question.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 向
她性格很外 向 。
Tā xìnggé hěn wàixiàng.
She has a very outgoing personality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 外向
他 向 朋友道歉了。
Tā xiàng péngyou dàoqiàn le.
He apologised to his friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 道歉
请在路口 向 左转。
Qǐng zài lùkǒu xiàng zuǒ zhuǎn.
Please turn left at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 转
云慢慢 向 东移动。
Yún mànmàn xiàng dōng yídòng.
The clouds are slowly moving east.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 移动
士兵 向 国旗敬礼。
Shìbīng xiàng guóqí jìnglǐ.
The soldiers saluted the flag.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敬礼
他做事一 向 很仔细。
Tā zuò shì yíxiàng hěn zǐxì.
He has always been careful in what he does.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 仔细
前面路口 向 左拐弯。
Qiánmiàn lùkǒu xiàng zuǒ guǎi wān.
Turn left at the intersection ahead.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 拐弯
他起身 向 主人告辞。
Tā qǐshēn xiàng zhǔrén gàocí.
He rose and said goodbye to his host.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 告辞
请大家 向 中间靠拢。
Qǐng dàjiā xiàng zhōngjiān kàolǒng.
Please everyone close up towards the middle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 靠拢
这个家庭一 向 勤俭。
Zhège jiātíng yíxiàng qínjiǎn.
This family has always been hardworking and thrifty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勤俭
这种倾 向 值得注意。
Zhè zhǒng qīngxiàng zhíde zhùyì.
This tendency is worth noting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 倾向
他从不 向 困难屈服。
Tā cóng bù xiàng kùnnan qūfú.
He never yields to difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 屈服
他从不 向 困难投降。
Tā cóng bù xiàng kùnnan tóuxiáng.
He never surrenders to difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 投降
这座城市让人 向 往。
Zhè zuò chéngshì ràng rén xiàngwǎng.
This city makes one long to go there.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 向往
我们好像走错方 向 了。
Wǒmen hǎoxiàng zǒu cuò fāngxiàng le.
It seems we have gone the wrong way.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 方向
Reading these is one thing; producing 向 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
我回过头，看见他站在很远的地方，笑着 向 我招手。
wǒ huí guò tóu, kànjiàn tā zhàn zài hěn yuǎn de / dì dìfang, xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó xiàng wǒ zhāo shǒu.
I looked back and saw him standing far away, smiling and waving.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
那天晚上，我给她发了一条很长的消息， 向 她道歉。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, wǒ gěi tā fā le / liǎo / liào yī tiáo hěn cháng / zhǎng de / dì xiāoxi, xiàng tā dàoqiàn.
That night I sent her a long message apologising.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
From the travel phrasebook
这个方 向 对吗？
Zhège fāngxiàng duì ma?
Is this the right direction?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
向 appears in 82 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 向
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 向
How is 向 used in a sentence?
This page shows 82 sentences using 向 (xiàng, "To (direction - face - towards - look)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 向 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 向 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 向 an HSK word?
Yes — 向 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 向?
The dictionary page for 向 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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