嚮往

See also: 向往

Chinese

		guide; opposite to	toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards
trad. (嚮往/向往)		嚮/向	往
simp. (向往)		向	往
alternative forms		鄉往／乡往 (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ wong⁵ / hoeng² wong⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiòng-óng / hiàng-óng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngwǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngwǎng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-wang³
    • Yale: syàng-wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqwoang
    • Palladius: сянван (sjanvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng³ wong⁵ / hoeng² wong⁵
    • Yale: heung wóhng / héung wóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ wong⁵ / hoeng² wong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ wong⁵ / hêng² wong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ wɔːŋ¹³/, /hœːŋ³⁵ wɔːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-óng
    • Tâi-lô: hiòng-óng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiorng'orng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàng-óng
    • Tâi-lô: hiàng-óng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiarng'orng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjangH hjwangX

Rime
Character	嚮	往
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許亮切	于兩切
Baxter	xjangH	hjwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐŋH/	/ɦʉɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐŋH/	/ɦʷiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑŋH/	/ɣiuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨaŋH/	/ɦuaŋX/
Li Rong	/xiaŋH/	/ɣiuaŋX/
Wang Li	/xĭaŋH/	/ɣĭwaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯aŋH/	/iwaŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàng	wǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoeng3	wong5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰaŋ-s  ɢʷaŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋs  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嚮	往
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiàng	wǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ xjangH ›	‹ hjwangX ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋ-s/	/*ɢʷaŋʔ/
English	to face, approach	go to
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚮	往
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	13606	12760
Phonetic component	鄉	往
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	向	往
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋs/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
Notes	鄉轉註分化字	甲文乃從止王聲

Verb

嚮往

1. to yearn for; to look forward to; to long for; to cherish

   我們都嚮往幸福的生活。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们都向往幸福的生活。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen dōu xiàngwǎng xìngfú de shēnghuó. [Pinyin]

   We all long for a happy life.

   她一直嚮往著純潔的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
   她一直向往着纯洁的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng. [Pinyin]

   She has always yearned for pure love.

Synonyms

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• 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
• 神往 (shénwǎng)