# 意向
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yìxiàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^3$ hoeng$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yi-hiong
    (Hailu, HRS): rhi$^ˇ$ hiong$^ˇ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ì-hiòng / ì-hiàng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): i$^3$ hiang$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yìxiàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yìsiàng
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$-hsiang$^4$
*** Yale: yì-syàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshianq
*** Palladius: исян (isjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$意向 意象 液相 異象／异象 義項／义项
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^3$ hoeng$^3$
*** Yale: yi heung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^3$ hoeng$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^3$ hêng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː³³ hœːŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-hiong
*** Hakka Romanization System: i hiong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^4$ hiong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-hiong
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i hiong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^4$ hiong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhi$^ˇ$ hiong$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒi¹¹ hioŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-hiòng
*** Tâi-lô: ì-hiòng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ie'hioxng
*** IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-hiàng
*** Tâi-lô: ì-hiàng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ie'hiaxng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ hiaŋ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: i$^3$ hiang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ì hiàng
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hiaŋ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: 'iH xjangH
Rime :
| Character | 意 | 向 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 於記切 | 許亮切 |
| Baxter | 'iH | xjangH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨ$^H$/ | /hɨɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɨ$^H$/ | /hiɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔie$^H$/ | /xiɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨ$^H$/ | /hɨaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiə$^H$/ | /xiaŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭə$^H$/ | /xĭaŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi$^H$/ | /xi̯aŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì | xiàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^3$ | hoeng$^3$ |

### Noun

意向
* intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition

#### Synonyms

* 企圖／企图 (qǐtú)
* 心思 (xīnsī)
* 心意 (xīnyì)
* 心田 (xīntián)
* 意圖／意图 (yìtú)
* 意旨 (yìzhǐ)
* 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
* 打算 (dǎsuàn)
* 旨意 (zhǐyì)
* 用心 (yòngxīn)
* 用意 (yòngyì)
* 𥓍 (Hokkien)
* 粒積／粒积 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 腸肚／肠肚 (chángdù)

#### Derived terms

* 意向書／意向书 (yìxiàngshū)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 意(い)向(こう) (ikō)
* → Korean: 의향(意向) (uihyang)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 意 | 向 |
| い Grade: 3 | こう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 意嚮 (dated)

### Etymology

向 is a daiyōji replacing 嚮.

### Etymology

ikau > ikɔː > ikoː.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iko̞ː]

### Noun

意(い)向(こう) • (ikō)
* one's desires or intentions; thoughts, intention, inclination

#### Derived terms

* 意(い)向(こう)形(けい) (ikōkei, “the volitional form”)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 意 | 向 |

### Noun

意向 • (uihyang) (hangeul 의향)
* hanja form of 의향 (“intention, inclination”)