# 嚮往
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàngwǎng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng$^3$ wong$^5$ / hoeng$^2$ wong$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiòng-óng / hiàng-óng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngwǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàngwǎng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^4$-wang$^3$
*** Yale: syàng-wǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqwoang
*** Palladius: сянван (sjanvan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoeng$^3$ wong$^5$ / hoeng$^2$ wong$^5$
*** Yale: heung wóhng / héung wóhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng$^3$ wong$^5$ / hoeng$^2$ wong$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêng$^3$ wong$^5$ / hêng$^2$ wong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœːŋ³³ wɔːŋ¹³/, /hœːŋ³⁵ wɔːŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-óng
*** Tâi-lô: hiòng-óng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiorng'orng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàng-óng
*** Tâi-lô: hiàng-óng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiarng'orng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: xjangH hjwangX
Rime :
| Character | 嚮 | 往 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 許亮切 | 于兩切 |
| Baxter | xjangH | hjwangX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐŋ$^H$/ | /ɦʉɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐŋ$^H$/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɑŋ$^H$/ | /ɣiuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨaŋ$^H$/ | /ɦuaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiaŋ$^H$/ | /ɣiuaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭaŋ$^H$/ | /ɣĭwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xi̯aŋ$^H$/ | /iwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàng | wǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoeng$^3$ | wong$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰaŋ-s ɢʷaŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋs ɢʷaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 嚮 | 往 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiàng | wǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjang$^H$ › | ‹ hjwang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋ-s/ | /*ɢʷaŋʔ/ |
| English | to face, approach | go to |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嚮 | 往 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13606 | 12760 |
| Phonetic component | 鄉 | 往 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 向 | 往 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋs/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |
| Notes | 鄉轉註分化字 | 甲文乃從止王聲 |

### Verb

嚮往
* to yearn for; to look forward to; to long for; to cherish
       Wǒmen dōu xiàngwǎng xìngfú de shēnghuó. [Pinyin]
       We all long for a happy life.
       Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng. [Pinyin]
       She has always yearned for pure love.

#### Synonyms

* 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
* 神往 (shénwǎng)