# 志向
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhìxiàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^3$ hoeng$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-hiong
    (Hailu, HRS): zhi$^ˇ$ hiong$^ˇ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chì-hiòng / chì-hiàng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhìxiàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhsiàng
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$-hsiang$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀-syàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshianq
*** Palladius: чжисян (čžisjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^3$ hoeng$^3$
*** Yale: ji heung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^3$ hoeng$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^3$ hêng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³³ hœːŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-hiong
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii hiong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^4$ hiong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhi$^ˇ$ hiong$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃi¹¹ hioŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-hiòng
*** Tâi-lô: tsì-hiòng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cie'hioxng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-hiàng
*** Tâi-lô: tsì-hiàng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cie'hiaxng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ hiaŋ²¹/

### Noun

志向
* aspiration; ideal; ambition; goal
    實現志向／实现志向 ― shíxiàn zhìxiàng ― to realize an aspiration

#### Synonyms

* 壯志／壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
* 夢寐／梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
* 夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
* 心志 (xīnzhì)
* 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
* 志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
* 志氣／志气 (zhìqì)
* 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
* 抱負／抱负 (bàofù)
* 權欲／权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
* 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
* 職志／职志 (zhízhì)
* 野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)
* 雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

#### Related terms

* 志趣 (zhìqù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 志 | 向 |
| し Grade: 5 | こう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕiko̞ː]

### Noun

志(し)向(こう) • (shikō)
* intention

### Verb

志(し)向(こう)する • (shikō suru) transitive suru (stem 志(し)向(こう)し (shikō shi), past 志(し)向(こう)した (shikō shita))
* aspire

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 志向し | しこうし | shikō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 志向し | しこうし | shikō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 志向する | しこうする | shikō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 志向する | しこうする | shikō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 志向すれ | しこうすれ | shikō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 志向せよ¹ 志向しろ² | しこうせよ¹ しこうしろ² | shikō seyo¹ shikō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 志向される | しこうされる | shikō sareru |
| Causative | 志向させる 志向さす | しこうさせる しこうさす | shikō saseru shikō sasu |
| Potential | 志向できる | しこうできる | shikō dekiru |
| Volitional | 志向しよう | しこうしよう | shikō shiyō |
| Negative | 志向しない | しこうしない | shikō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 志向せず | しこうせず | shikō sezu |
| Formal | 志向します | しこうします | shikō shimasu |
| Perfective | 志向した | しこうした | shikō shita |
| Conjunctive | 志向して | しこうして | shikō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 志向すれば | しこうすれば | shikō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 志 | 向 |

### Noun

志向 • (jihyang) (hangeul 지향)
* hanja form of 지향