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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 定向

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
定向 dìng xiàng - to orientate
- directional
- directed
- orienteering

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
- 9 21,786 8,095 16,648

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dìng- to fix; to set; to make definite
- to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
- to congeal; to coagulate
- (literary) definitely
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 定向

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
定向 - 9 21,786 8,095 16,648