走向

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (走向)		走	向

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒuxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² hoeng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cháu-hiòng / cháu-hiàng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zao² hiang³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tseu-shian₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒusiàng
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: dzǒu-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooushianq
  - Palladius: цзоусян (czousjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² hoeng³
  - Yale: jáu heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² hêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ hœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu-hiòng
  - Tâi-lô: tsáu-hiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaw'hioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu-hiàng
  - Tâi-lô: tsáu-hiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaw'hiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiaŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zao² hiang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsáu hiàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁵²⁻³⁵ hiaŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tseu-shian₅
  - MiniDict: tseu^去 shian^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tseu-xian₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɤ³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/

Noun

走向

Synonyms

(direction): 方位 (fāngwèi), 方向 (fāngxiàng), 指向 (zhǐxiàng)
(trend):

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

Verb

走向

(literal, figurative) to move towards; to head for; to be on the road to; to go
走向滅亡／走向灭亡 ― zǒuxiàng mièwáng ― to be on the road to ruin

走向國際／走向国际 ― zǒuxiàng guójì ― to go international

走向大眾／走向大众 ― zǒuxiàng dàzhòng ― to go public; to become available to the general public

Synonyms

轉向／转向 (zhuǎnxiàng)