Dictionary - results for direction

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
向	向	xiàng	- towards - to face - to turn towards - direction - to support - to side with - shortly before - formerly - always - all along
方	方	fāng	- square - power or involution (mathematics) - upright - honest - fair and square - direction - side - party (to a contract, dispute etc) - place - method - prescription (medicine) - just when - only or just - classifier for square things - abbr. for square or cubic meter
向	曏	xiàng	- variant of 向[xiang4] - direction - orientation - to face - to turn toward - to - towards - shortly before - formerly
道	道	dào	- direction - way - road - path - CL:條\|条[tiao2],股[gu3] - principle - truth - morality - reason - skill - method - Dao (of Daoism) - to say - to speak - to talk - classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process - province (of Korea or Japan)
取向	取向	qǔxiàng	- orientation - direction
方位	方位	fāngwèi	- direction - points of the compass - bearing - position - azimuth
方向	方向	fāngxiàng	- direction - orientation - path to follow - CL:個\|个[ge4]
走向	走向	zǒuxiàng	- direction - strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) - inclination - trend - to move towards - to head for
趋向	趨向	qūxiàng	- direction - trend - to incline
针对性	針對性	zhēnduìxìng	- focus - direction - purpose - relevance
垔	垔	yīn	- to restrain - to dam a stream and change its direction - a mound
折	折	zhé	- to break - to fracture - to snap - to suffer loss - to bend - to twist - to turn - to change direction - convinced - to convert into (currency) - discount - rebate - tenth (in price) - classifier for theatrical scenes - to fold - accounts book
转	轉	zhuǎn	- to turn - to change direction - to transfer - to forward (mail)
一路	一路	yīlù	- the whole journey - all the way - going the same way - going in the same direction - of the same kind
切向	切向	qiēxiàng	- tangent direction
反向	反向	fǎnxiàng	- opposite direction - reverse
拐弯	拐彎	guǎiwān	- to go round a curve - to turn a corner - fig. a new direction
掉向	掉向	diàoxiàng	- to turn - to adjust one's direction - to lose one's bearings
航向	航向	hángxiàng	- course - direction (a ship or plane is heading in)
调转	調轉	diàozhuǎn	- to turn around - to change direction - to make a U turn
路向	路向	lùxiàng	- road direction - (fig.) direction - path
路痴	路痴	lùchī	- person with a poor sense of direction
转向	轉向	zhuǎnxiàng	- to change direction - fig. to change one's stance
转头	轉頭	zhuǎntóu	- to turn one's head - to change direction - U-turn - volte face - to repent
逆向	逆向	nìxiàng	- backwards - reverse direction
风向	風向	fēngxiàng	- wind direction - the way the wind is blowing - fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) - how things are developing - course of events
风头	風頭	fēngtóu	- wind direction - the way the wind blows - fig. trend - direction of events - how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) - public opinion (concerning one's actions) - publicity (usually derog.) - limelight
反过来	反過來	fǎnguolái	- conversely - in reverse order - in an opposite direction
方向感	方向感	fāngxiànggǎn	- sense of direction
一改故辙	一改故轍	yīgǎigùzhé	- complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction - a volte-face - to change old practices
改弦易辙	改弦易轍	gǎixiányìzhé	- change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction - to dance to a different tune
解理方向	解理方向	jiělǐfāngxiàng	- direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate)
迂回奔袭	迂回奔襲	yūhuíbēnxí	- to attack from an unexpected direction