Word information
Simplified定向
Traditional定向
Pinyindìngxiàng
Part of speech动
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
定向
dìngxiàng · to orientate; directional; directed; orienteering
Character breakdown
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方向fāngxiàng
direction; orientation; CL:個|个[ge4]
决定juédìngto decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]; certainly
向xiàngsurname Xiang; to tend toward; to guide; variant of 向[xiang4]; towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...; variant of 向[xiang4]; direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
一定yídìngsurely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
规定guīdìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations