走向

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (走向)		走	向

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒuxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² hoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cháu-hiòng / cháu-hiàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zao² hiang³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tseu-shian₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒusiàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: dzǒu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooushianq
    • Palladius: цзоусян (czousjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau² hoeng³
    • Yale: jáu heung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² hoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² hêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ hœːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu-hiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsáu-hiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaw'hioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu-hiàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsáu-hiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaw'hiaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiaŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zao² hiang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsáu hiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁵²⁻³⁵ hiaŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tseu-shian₅
    • MiniDict: tseu^去 shian^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tseu-xian₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɤ³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/

Noun

走向

1. (geology) strike
2. direction; orientation
3. trend; development

Synonyms

• (direction): 方位 (fāngwèi), 方向 (fāngxiàng), 指向 (zhǐxiàng)
• (trend):

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• 傾向／倾向
• 動向／动向 (dòngxiàng)
• 取向 (qǔxiàng)
• 意味 (yìwèi)
• 方向 (fāngxiàng)
• 潮流 (cháoliú)
• 苗頭／苗头 (miáotou)
• 趨勢／趋势 (qūshì)
• 趨向／趋向 (qūxiàng)

 

Verb

走向

1. (literal, figurative) to move towards; to head for; to be on the road to; to go

   走向滅亡／走向灭亡  ―  zǒuxiàng mièwáng  ―  to be on the road to ruin

   走向國際／走向国际  ―  zǒuxiàng guójì  ―  to go international

   走向大眾／走向大众  ―  zǒuxiàng dàzhòng  ―  to go public; to become available to the general public

Synonyms

• 轉向／转向 (zhuǎnxiàng)