hướng
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 向.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hɨəŋ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hɨəŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hɨəŋ˦˥]
Noun
hướng
- direction
- hướng đông/tây/nam/bắc
- east/west/south/north
- 4 phương, 8 hướng
- 4 cardinals (east, west, south and north) and 8 ordinals
- phương hướng
- direction
- phương hướng hành động
- a course of action to take
Verb
hướng
- to face toward
- (figurative) luôn hướng về tổ quốc
- to never stop missing your motherland
- (literally, “to always face toward the motherland”)
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