所向

Chinese

		actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (所向)		所	向

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: so³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: swǒ-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suooshianq
    • Palladius: сосян (sosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Noun

所向

1. where something is directed

   • 二十年來，這個文化新軍的鋒芒所向，從思想到形式（文字等），無不起了極大的革命。 [MSC, trad.]
     二十年来，这个文化新军的锋芒所向，从思想到形式（文字等），无不起了极大的革命。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Èrshí nián lái, zhège wénhuà xīnjūn de fēngmáng suǒxiàng, cóng sīxiǎng dào xíngshì (wénzì děng), wúbù qǐ le jídà de gémìng. [Pinyin]

     For the last twenty years, wherever this new cultural force has directed its attack, a great revolution has taken place both in ideological content and in form (for example, in the written language).

2. whereabouts; where somebody has gone or is going

Synonyms

• (whereabouts):

• 下落 (xiàluò)
• 下項／下项 (Hokkien)
• 去向 (qùxiàng)
• 去處／去处 (qùchù)
• 所在 (suǒzài)
• 著落／着落
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 行蹤／行踪 (xíngzōng)