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方向 (fāng xiàng): Direction (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

方 • fāng • square; direction; side; method • HSK 2.0 L5
HSK 5
fāng方

square; direction; side; method

向 • xiàng • towards • HSK 2.0 L3
HSK 3
xiàng向

towards

Word Info

Pinyinfāng xiàng
Meaningdirection
Characters2
SyntaxNoun

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 方向.

  • 反对fǎn duìto fight against; to opposed to something
  • 窗户chuāng huwindow
  • 交通jiāo tōngtransport; traffic
  • 技术jì shùtechnology
  • 规定guī dìngrule
  • 道歉dào qiànapology
  • 符合fú hétally with; accord with
  • 放弃fàng qìto renounce
  • 过程guò chéngcourse of events
  • 出差chū chāigo on business trip
  • 降低jiàng dīto reduce
  • 不得不bù dé bùto have to
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 方向.

Words with 方

  • 东方dōng fāngDongfang; a compound Chinese surname; the East
  • 北方běi fāngthe north
  • 南方nán fāngsouth
  • 地方dì fangplace
  • 方便fāng biànconvenient
  • 西方xī fāngthe West
  • 方便面fāng biàn miàninstant noodles
  • 前方qián fāngahead
4.

How to Use 方向 in Sentences

Adjective + Nounwith相反
xiāng相
fǎn反
fāng方
xiàng向
neutral
opposite direction
Measure Word + Nounwith个
yí一
gè个
fāng方
xiàng向
Verb + Objectwith迷失
mí迷
shī失
fāng方
xiàng向
Subject + Predicatewith正确
fāng方
xiàng向
zhèng正
què确
5.

Example Sentences with 方向

tài太
yáng阳
cóng从
dōng东
biān边
shēng升
qǐ
neutral
a direction
neutral
lose one's way
neutral
correct direction
起
，
nà那
shì是
dōng东
fāng方
de的
fāng方
xiàng向
。
The sun rises from the east, that's the direction of the east.
qǐng请
gào告
su诉
wǒ我
，
dì地
tiě铁
zhàn站
yīng应
gāi该
wǎng往
nǎ哪
ge个
fāng方
xiàng向
zǒu走
？
Please tell me, which direction should I go to get to the subway station?
tā他
mí迷
lù路
le了
，
bù不
zhī知
dào道
huí回
jiā家
de的
fāng方
xiàng向
。
He got lost and didn't know the direction to go home.
tā他
wán完
quán全
zǒu走
cuò错
le了
fāng方
xiàng向
，
lí离
mù目
dì的
dì地
yuè越
lái来
yuè越
yuǎn远
。
He went in the completely wrong direction and is getting farther and farther from the destination.
wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
xiān先
què确
dìng定
mù目
biāo标
，
cái才
néng能
zhǎo找
dào到
nǔ努
lì力
de的
fāng方
xiàng向
。
We need to first determine our goals in order to find the direction for our efforts.