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Chinese
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guide; opposite to
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toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards |
| trad. (嚮往/向往)
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嚮/向
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往
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| simp. (向往)
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向
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往
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| alternative forms
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鄉往／乡往 (obsolete)
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嚮
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往
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xiàng
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wǎng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xjangH ›
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‹ hjwangX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰaŋ-s/
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/*ɢʷaŋʔ/
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| English
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to face, approach
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go to
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嚮
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往
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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13606
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12760
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Phonetic
component
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鄉
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往
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Rime
group
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陽
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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向
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往
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰaŋs/
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/*ɢʷaŋ/
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| Notes
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鄉轉註分化字
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甲文乃從止王聲
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Verb
嚮往
- to yearn for; to look forward to; to long for; to cherish
我們都嚮往幸福的生活。 [MSC, trad.]
我们都向往幸福的生活。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒmen dōu xiàngwǎng xìngfú de shēnghuó.
- We all long for a happy life.
她一直嚮往著純潔的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
她一直向往着纯洁的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng.
- She has always yearned for pure love.
Synonyms
- 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
- 神往 (shénwǎng)