動向

See also: 动向

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
trad. (動向)		動	向
simp. (动向)		动	向

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ hoeng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōng-hiòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: dùng-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshianq
  - Palladius: дунсян (dunsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ hoeng³
  - Yale: duhng heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ hêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² hœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-hiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxnghioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɔŋ²¹/

Noun

動向

trend; tendency
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) direction of movement

Synonyms

傾向 / 倾向
取向 (qǔxiàng)
意味 (yìwèi)
方向 (fāngxiàng)
潮流 (cháoliú)
苗頭 / 苗头 (miáotou)
走向 (zǒuxiàng)
趨勢 / 趋势 (qūshì)
趨向 / 趋向 (qūxiàng)

Related terms

動態／动态 (dòngtài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	向
どう Grade: 3	こう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーこー [dòókóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

動(どう)向(こう) • (dōkō)

direction, trend
動向(どうこう)に注目(ちゅうもく)すべきだ。
Dōkō ni chūmoku subeki da.
We should keep a close eye on where things go.

Synonyms

成(な)り行(ゆ)き (nariyuki)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN