去向

Chinese

		to go; to leave; to remove	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (去向)		去	向

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qùxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi³ hoeng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khìr-hiòng / khì-hiòng / khì-hiàng / khù-hiòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qùxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyùsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: chyù-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuhshianq
  - Palladius: цюйсян (cjujsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: heoi³ hoeng³
  - Yale: heui heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoey³ hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêu³ hêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³³ hœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khìr-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: khìr-hiòng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: khì-hiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qie'hioxng
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-hiàng
  - Tâi-lô: khì-hiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qie'hiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hiaŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khù-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: khù-hiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quo'hioxng
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ¹¹/

Noun

去向

whereabouts; where somebody has gone or is going
去向不明 ― qùxiàng bùmíng ― of unclear whereabouts

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

不知去向 (bùzhīqùxiàng)