趋向
qū xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

趋向
 - 
qū xiàng
  1. direction
  2. trend
  3. to incline

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

向
Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
方向
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一向
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past
倾向
qīng xiàng
  1. 1 trend
  2. 2 tendency
  3. 3 orientation
内向
nèi xiàng
  1. 1 reserved (personality)
  2. 2 introverted
  3. 3 (economics etc) domestic-oriented
向上
xiàng shàng
  1. 1 upward
  2. 2 up
  3. 3 to advance
  4. 4 to try to improve oneself
  5. 5 to make progress
向下
xiàng xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downward
向来
xiàng lái
  1. 1 always (previously)
向前
xiàng qián
  1. 1 forward
  2. 2 onward
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
向往
xiàng wǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for
  2. 2 to look forward to
方向盘
fāng xiàng pán
  1. 1 steering wheel
走向
zǒu xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology)
  3. 3 inclination
  4. 4 trend
  5. 5 to move towards
  6. 6 to head for
转向
zhuǎn xiàng
  1. 1 to change direction
  2. 2 fig. to change one's stance
迈向
mài xiàng
  1. 1 to stride toward (success)
  2. 2 to march toward
  3. 3 to take a step toward
面向
miàn xiàng
  1. 1 to face
  2. 2 to turn towards
  3. 3 to incline to
  4. 4 geared towards
  5. 5 catering for
  6. 6 -oriented
  7. 7 facial feature
  8. 8 appearance
  9. 9 aspect
  10. 10 facet
风向
fēng xiàng
  1. 1 wind direction
  2. 2 the way the wind is blowing
  3. 3 fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones)
  4. 4 how things are developing
  5. 5 course of events
不知去向
bù zhī qù xiàng
  1. 1 whereabouts unknown
  2. 2 gone missing
偏向
piān xiàng
  1. 1 partial towards sth
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to incline
  4. 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
倾向性
qīng xiàng xìng
  1. 1 tendency
  2. 2 inclination
  3. 3 orientation

Idioms (10)

向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
  1. 1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to miss out on sth
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
  1. 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
  2. 2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好好学习，天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
  1. 1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
  1. 1 to glower at each other (idiom)
所向披靡
suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
  1. 1 to sweep everything before one
  2. 2 to be invincible (idiom)
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
  1. 1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
欣欣向荣
xīn xīn xiàng róng
  1. 1 (idiom) flourishing
  2. 2 thriving
相向突击
xiāng xiàng tū jī
  1. 1 sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom)

Sample Sentences

趋向动词
qūxiàng dòngcí
directional verbs
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上午我在报纸上看到一篇联合国人口司发表的最新研究报告，说现在世界人口已经逐步趋向老龄化。你说如果几十年后世界上大多数都是老人，该是件多么可怕的事情？
shàngwǔ wǒ zài bàozhǐ shàng kàndào yī piān liánhéguó rénkǒusī fābiǎo de zuìxīn yánjiū bàogào ，shuō xiànzài shìjiè rénkǒu yǐjīng zhúbù qūxiàng lǎolínghuà 。nǐ shuō rúguǒ jǐ shí nián hòu shìjiè shàng dàduōshù dōu shì lǎorén ，gāi shì jiàn duōme kěpà de shìqing ？
This morning I saw a report in the newspaper about the latest research publication by the UN Population Division. It said that the world's population is getting gradually older. Tell me, how scary would it be if after a few more decades, most of the Earth's population were old people?
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