志向

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Chinese

		the will	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (志向)		志	向

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ hoeng³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-hiong
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chì-hiòng / chì-hiàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: jr̀-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshianq
  - Palladius: чжисян (čžisjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³ hoeng³
  - Yale: ji heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji³ hêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ hœːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-hiong
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii hiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴ hiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: tsì-hiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cie'hioxng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-hiàng
  - Tâi-lô: tsì-hiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cie'hiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ hiaŋ²¹/

Noun

志向

aspiration; ideal; ambition; goal
實現志向／实现志向 ― shíxiàn zhìxiàng ― to realize an aspiration

Synonyms

壯志／壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
夢寐／梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
心志 (xīnzhì)
心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
志氣／志气 (zhìqì)
懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
抱負／抱负 (bàofù)
權欲／权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
理想 (lǐxiǎng)
職志／职志 (zhízhì)
野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)
雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

Related terms

志趣 (zhìqù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
志	向
し Grade: 5	こう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

志(し)向(こう) • (shikō)

intention

Verb

志(し)向(こう)する • (shikō suru) transitive suru (stem 志(し)向(こう)し (shikō shi), past 志(し)向(こう)した (shikō shita))

aspire

Conjugation

Conjugation of "志向する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	志向し	しこうし	shikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	志向し	しこうし	shikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	志向する	しこうする	shikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	志向する	しこうする	shikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	志向すれ	しこうすれ	shikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	志向せよ¹ 志向しろ²	しこうせよ¹ しこうしろ²	shikō seyo¹ shikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	志向される	しこうされる	shikō sareru
Causative	志向させる志向さす	しこうさせるしこうさす	shikō saseru shikō sasu
Potential	志向できる	しこうできる	shikō dekiru
Volitional	志向しよう	しこうしよう	shikō shiyō
Negative	志向しない	しこうしない	shikō shinai
Negative continuative	志向せず	しこうせず	shikō sezu
Formal	志向します	しこうします	shikō shimasu
Perfective	志向した	しこうした	shikō shita
Conjunctive	志向して	しこうして	shikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	志向すれば	しこうすれば	shikō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
志	向

Noun

志向 • (jihyang) (hangeul 지향)

Hanja form^? of 지향.

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