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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一向

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一向 yī xiàng - a period of time in the recent past
- (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 5 4,008 4,855 6,337

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
xiàng- surname Xiang
xiàng- towards
- to face
- to turn towards
- direction
- to support
- to side with
- shortly before
- formerly
- always
- all along
- (suffix) suitable for ...
- oriented to ...
xiàng- to tend toward
- to guide
- variant of 向[xiang4]
xiàng- variant of 向[xiang4]
- direction
- orientation
- to face
- to turn toward
- to
- towards
- shortly before
- formerly

Other Words Containing 一向

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一向 6 5 4,008 4,855 6,337