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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ì-hiòng / ì-hiàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i³ hiang³

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• 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:

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• 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. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-hiong
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i hiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ hiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• 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/

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• 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	/ʔɨH/	/hɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨH/	/hiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔieH/	/xiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨH/	/hɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ʔiəH/	/xiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ĭəH/	/xĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiH/	/xi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	xiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji3	hoeng3

Noun

意向

1. intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition

Synonyms

• 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): [iko̞ː]

Noun

意(い)向(こう) • (ikō) ^{←いかう (ikau)?}

1. 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)

1. Hanja form^? of 의향 (“intention, inclination”).