方向 (fāngxiàng) means Direction. Below are 10 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
请问车站在哪个 方向 ？
Qǐngwèn chēzhàn zài nǎge fāngxiàng?
Excuse me, in which direction is the station?
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 方向
他发觉自己走错了 方向 。
Tā fājué zìjǐ zǒu cuò le fāngxiàng.
He realised he had gone the wrong way.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发觉
我们要从宏观上把握 方向 。
Wǒmen yào cóng hóngguān shang bǎwò fāngxiàng.
We need to grasp the direction at the macro level.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宏观
这项研究开辟了新的 方向 。
Zhè xiàng yánjiū kāipì le xīn de fāngxiàng.
This research opened up a new direction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开辟
事态正在向好的 方向 发展。
Shìtài zhèngzài xiàng hǎo de fāngxiàng fāzhǎn.
The situation is developing in a good direction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 事态
屏幕上的箭头指示着 方向 。
Píngmù shang de jiàntóu zhǐshìzhe fāngxiàng.
The arrow on the screen indicates the direction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 指示
他确信自己走的 方向 是对的。
Tā quèxìn zìjǐ zǒu de fāngxiàng shì duì de.
He is certain the direction he is taking is right.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 确信
方向 错了，越努力越南辕北辙。
Fāngxiàng cuò le, yuè nǔlì yuè nányuánběizhé.
With the wrong direction, the harder you try the further you go astray.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 南辕北辙
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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
Questions about 方向
How is 方向 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 方向 (fāngxiàng, "Direction"), 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.
Is 方向 an HSK word?
Yes — 方向 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 方向?
The dictionary page for 方向 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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