Expressing "towards" with "xiang"

Nível: HSK 3 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

向 (xiàng) is a preposition that means "towards" and is used often with certain verbs. These usages need to be learned together with 向. When used as a preposition, 向 indicates an action that is performed towards a reference point but doesn't have any actual motion towards that point. 向 + Direction / Person + Verb Whereas in English we would say "learn from someone," in Chinese this would be expressed as "learn toward someone," as in the following example (and famous propaganda slogan):

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 向东走。 (xiàng dōng zǒu 。): "Go east."
• 向前看。 (xiàng qián kàn 。): "Look forward."
• 向左转。 (xiàng zuǒ zhuǎn 。): "turn left."
• 老师正向我们走来。 (lǎoshī zhèng xiàng wǒmen zǒu lái 。): "The teacher is coming to us."
• 火车已经开了，她还在向我招手。 (huǒchē yǐjīng kāi le ，tā huán zài xiàng wǒ zhāoshǒu 。): "The train has already started and she is still waving to me."

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