向往

嚮往

xiàngwǎng

verb HSK 7-9 #9,945

Meanings

1 to yearn for
2 to long for
3 to aspire to

Characters

Examples

我一直向往去西藏旅行。

Wǒ yīzhí xiàngwǎng qù Xīzàng lǚxíng.

I've always longed to travel to Tibet.

年轻人都向往自由的生活。

Niánqīngrén dōu xiàngwǎng zìyóu de shēnghuó.

Young people all yearn for a free life.

令人向往的地方。

Lìngrén xiàngwǎng de dìfāng.

A place that makes people yearn for it.

Tips

memory

向 (toward) + 往 (go toward) — your heart faces toward something and wants to go there. A yearning that pulls you forward.

Stroke Order

向 xiàng

往 wǎng