Verb

1. think

   wo hui xiangchu banfa lai de. "I'll be able to think of a way."

2. want to

   ni xiang mǎi na ben shu? "Which book do you want to buy?"

   ta xiang zuo kuaijishi. "She/he wants to be an accountant."

Preposition

1. to; toward; for
   • zhengfu you zeren xiang suoyou ertong tigong jiaoyu.

   the government is responsible for the provision of education for all the children.

Pinyin syllable

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, xiāng, xiáng, xiǎng, or xiàng.

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