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Orientation in Chinese

orientation · HSK 3

方向 fāng xiàng

  1. 方 fāng square
  2. 向 xiàng toward

Counted with 个: 一个方向 yí gè fāngxiàng

我迷路了，找不到方向。 I'm lost and can't tell which direction to go.

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How do you say orientation in Chinese?

Orientation in Chinese is 方向 (fāng xiàng).

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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