意向

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (意向)		意	向
alternative forms		意嚮／意向

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ hoeng³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yi-hiong

(Hailu, HRS): rhi^ˇ hiong^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ì-hiòng / ì-hiàng

(Teochew, Peng'im): i³ hiang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: yì-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshianq
  - Palladius: исян (isjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    意向
    意象
    液相
    異象 / 异象
    義項 / 义项
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji³ hoeng³
  - Yale: yi heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi³ hêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ hœːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-hiong
  - Hakka Romanization System: i hiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ hiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-hiong
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i hiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ hiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhi^ˇ hiong^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒi¹¹ hioŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: ì-hiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ie'hioxng
  - IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-hiàng
  - Tâi-lô: ì-hiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ie'hiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ hiaŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: i³ hiang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì hiàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hiaŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: 'iH xjangH

Rime
Character	意	向
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於記切	許亮切
Baxter	'iH	xjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨ^H/	/hɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨ^H/	/hiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔie^H/	/xiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨ^H/	/hɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiə^H/	/xiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ĭə^H/	/xĭaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi^H/	/xi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	xiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji³	hoeng³

Noun

意向

intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition

Synonyms

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企圖 / 企图 (qǐtú)
心思 (xīnsī)
心意 (xīnyì)
心田 (xīntián)
意圖 / 意图 (yìtú)
意旨 (yìzhǐ)
懷抱 / 怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
打算 (dǎsuàn)
旨意 (zhǐyì)
用心 (yòngxīn)
用意 (yòngyì)
𥓍 (Hokkien)
粒積 / 粒积 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
腸肚 / 肠肚 (chángdù)

Derived terms

意向書 / 意向书 (yìxiàngshū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (意向):

→ Japanese: 意(い)向(こう) (ikō)
→ Korean: 의향(意向) (uihyang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
意	向
い Grade: 3	こう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
意嚮 (dated)

Etymology

向 is a daiyōji replacing 嚮.

Etymology

ikau > ikɔː > ikoː.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

意(い)向(こう) • (ikō) ^{←いかう (ikau)^?}

one's desires or intentions; thoughts, intention, inclination

Derived terms

意(い)向(こう)形(けい) (ikōkei, “the volitional form”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
意	向

Noun

意向 • (uihyang) (hangeul 의향)

hanja form^? of 의향 (“intention, inclination”)

意向

Chinese

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