Direction in Chinese
direction · HSK 3
方向
- 方 square
- 向 toward
Counted with 个: 一个方向
我迷路了，找不到方向。 I'm lost and can't tell which direction to go.
Other ways to say direction
More words with 方 or 向
How do you say direction in Chinese?
Direction in Chinese is 方向 (fāng xiàng). You can also say 方位 (fāng wèi), 向 (xiàng), 方 (fāng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.