HSK 2 grammar · preposition
向
向 — toward / to (facing)
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
向 marks the direction an action faces or the person it is aimed at — "toward", "to". It comes before the verb, and unlike 往 it can point at people as well as places.
Examples
向前看。
Xiàng qián kàn.
Look ahead.
他向我笑了笑。
Tā xiàng wǒ xiào le xiào.
He smiled at me.
我们向老师学习。
Wǒmen xiàng lǎoshī xuéxí.
We learn from the teacher.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 向 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.