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向往

xiàngwǎng

Traditional: 嚮往

to yearn for

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Meaning of 向往 in English

xiàngwǎngHSK 6verbSyllabus #5044
  1. to yearn for
  2. to look forward to

Example sentences

  1. 每箇人都向往幸福。
    měi gè rén dōu xiàng wǎng xìng fú。
    Everybody desires happiness.
    Tatoeba #5655357 by verdastelo9604 · #276425 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

向 on its own →
xiàng · to face

HSK words with 向

向HSK 3方向HSK 3面向HSK 5向上HSK 5倾向HSK 6一向HSK 6导向HSK 7–9定向HSK 7–9动向HSK 7–9横向HSK 7–9
往 on its own →
wǎng · to go (in a direction)

HSK words with 往

往HSK 2往往HSK 4交往HSK 5前往HSK 5往返HSK 5来往HSK 6往后HSK 6往来HSK 6往年HSK 6以往HSK 6

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences