(xiàng) - to resemble, to be like, as if in Mandarin
xiàngTraditional: 向
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Translation
to resemble, to be like, as if
Word origin
The character 向 (xiàng) 'toward, direction' is a pictograph of a window or opening in a wall, originally depicting a north-facing window and later extended to mean a direction one faces.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- depicts a window or opening, extended to 'direction'
Stroke order
向
Examples
。
He looks like his father.
。
This looks real.
。
You are like a child.
。
He nodded towards me.
。
Please turn left.
向 (xiàng) means to resemble, to be like, as if. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 向.
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