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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
想 xiǎng	想 \| 想* \| *想	to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)	HSK 1


向 xiàng	向 \| 向* \| *向	towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...	HSK 2


像 xiàng	像 \| 像* \| *像	to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)	HSK 2


响 xiǎng	响 \| 响* \| *响	echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises	響 HSK 2


向 xiàng	向 \| 向* \| *向	to tend toward / to guide / variant of 向	嚮 HSK 2


向 xiàng	向 \| 向* \| *向	variant of 向 / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly	曏 HSK 2


香 xiāng	香 \| 香* \| *香	fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL: 根	HSK 3


项 xiàng	项 \| 项* \| *项	back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc	項 HSK 4


箱 xiāng	箱 \| 箱* \| *箱	box / trunk / chest	HSK 4


乡 xiāng	乡 \| 乡* \| *乡	country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)	鄉 HSK 5


享 xiǎng	享 \| 享* \| *享	to enjoy / to benefit / to have the use of	HSK 7-9


享 xiǎng	享 \| 享* \| *享	old variant of 享	亯 HSK 7-9


镶 xiāng	镶 \| 镶* \| *镶	to inlay / to embed / ridge / border	鑲 HSK 7-9


项 Xiàng	项 \| 项* \| *项	surname Xiang	項


象 xiàng	象 \| 象* \| *象	elephant / CL: 隻｜只 / shape / form / appearance / to imitate


祥 xiáng	祥 \| 祥* \| *祥	auspicious / propitious


向 Xiàng	向 \| 向* \| *向	surname Xiang


相 Xiāng	相 \| 相* \| *相	surname Xiang


相 xiāng	相 \| 相* \| *相	each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品)


相 xiàng	相 \| 相* \| *相	appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)


详 xiáng	详 \| 详* \| *详	detailed / comprehensive	詳


降 xiáng	降 \| 降* \| *降	to surrender; to capitulate / to subdue; to conquer; to tame


巷 xiàng	巷 \| 巷* \| *巷	lane / alley


襄 Xiāng	襄 \| 襄* \| *襄	surname Xiang


襄 xiāng	襄 \| 襄* \| *襄	(literary) to assist


湘 Xiāng	湘 \| 湘* \| *湘	abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province


庠 xiáng	庠 \| 庠* \| *庠	(archaic) a school


项羽 Xiàng Yǔ	项羽 \| 项羽* \| *项羽	Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor	項羽


缃 xiāng	缃 \| 缃* \| *缃	light yellow color	緗


饷 xiǎng	饷 \| 饷* \| *饷	soldier's pay	餉


飨 xiǎng	飨 \| 飨* \| *飨	(literary) to offer food and drinks / to entertain	饗


骧 xiāng	骧 \| 骧* \| *骧	(literary) to run friskily (of a horse) / to raise / to hold high	驤


橡 xiàng	橡 \| 橡* \| *橡	oak / Quercus serrata


暗渡陈仓 àndù Chéncāng	暗渡陈仓 \| 暗渡陈仓* \| *暗渡陈仓	lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion	暗渡陳倉


葙 xiāng	葙 \| 葙* \| *葙	see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)


晑 xiǎng	晑 \| 晑* \| *晑	bright / clear


蚃 xiǎng	蚃 \| 蚃* \| *蚃	(literary) insect larva / Taiwan pr. [xiang4]	蠁


项庄舞剑 Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn	项庄舞剑 \| 项庄舞剑* \| *项庄舞剑	lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent	項莊舞劍


翔 xiáng	翔 \| 翔* \| *翔	to soar / to glide / variant of 詳｜详 / (slang) shit


忀 xiāng	忀 \| 忀* \| *忀	to stroll / to ramble


膷 xiāng	膷 \| 膷* \| *膷	hashed beef / soup


蟓 xiàng	蟓 \| 蟓* \| *蟓	silkworm


欀 xiāng	欀 \| 欀* \| *欀	inner lining of wooden utensils / component beam used in building construction / species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)


瓖 xiāng	瓖 \| 瓖* \| *瓖	ornaments


珦 xiàng	珦 \| 珦* \| *珦	a kind of jade


饷 xiǎng	饷 \| 饷* \| *饷	variant of 餉｜饷	饟


明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 míngxiūzhàndào, 'àndù Chéncāng	明修…陈仓 \| 明修…陈仓* \| *明修…陈仓	lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion	明修棧道，暗渡陳倉


阌 wén	阌 \| 阌* \| *阌	wen xiang, Henan province	閿


芗 xiāng	芗 \| 芗* \| *芗	aromatic herb used for seasoning / variant of 香	薌


㿝 xiāng	㿝 \| 㿝* \| *㿝	old variant of 香


鄕 xiāng	鄕 \| 鄕* \| *鄕	variant of 鄉｜乡 / country / village


郷 xiāng	郷 \| 郷* \| *郷	Japanese variant of 鄉｜乡


刘翔 Liú Xiáng	刘翔 \| 刘翔* \| *刘翔	Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games	劉翔


衖 xiàng	衖 \| 衖* \| *衖	variant of 巷


项英 Xiàng Yīng	项英 \| 项英* \| *项英	Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍｜新四军, killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變｜皖南事变	項英


刘向 Liú Xiàng	刘向 \| 刘向* \| *刘向	Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author	劉向


高翔 Gāo Xiáng	高翔 \| 高翔* \| *高翔	Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter


蔡襄 Cài Xiāng	蔡襄 \| 蔡襄* \| *蔡襄	Cai Xiang (1012-1067), Song calligrapher


鸿门宴 Hóngményàn	鸿门宴 \| 鸿门宴* \| *鸿门宴	Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽	鴻門宴


翔安区 Xiáng'ān Qū	翔安区 \| 翔安区* \| *翔安区	Xiang'an, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市｜厦门市, Fujian	翔安區


楚汉战争 Chǔ Hàn Zhànzhēng	楚汉战争 \| 楚汉战争* \| *楚汉战争	Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu	楚漢戰爭


宋四家 Sòngsìjiā	宋四家 \| 宋四家* \| *宋四家	four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼, Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅｜黄庭坚, Mi Fu 米芾 and Cai Xiang 蔡襄


春秋五霸 Chūnqiū Wǔbà	春秋五霸 \| 春秋五霸* \| *春秋五霸	the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公｜齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公｜晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭｜吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐｜越王勾践


宋襄公 Sòng Xiānggōng	宋襄公 \| 宋襄公* \| *宋襄公	Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸


奢香 Shē Xiāng	奢香 \| 奢香* \| *奢香	She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times


翔安 Xiáng'ān	翔安 \| 翔安* \| *翔安	Xiang'an, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市｜厦门市, Fujian


项庄舞剑，意在沛公 Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn, yìzài Pèigōng	项庄…沛公 \| 项庄…沛公* \| *项庄…沛公	lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent	項莊舞劍，意在沛公


梁湘 Liáng Xiāng	梁湘 \| 梁湘* \| *梁湘	Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan


湘语 Xiāngyǔ	湘语 \| 湘语* \| *湘语	Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province	湘語


刘厚总 Liú Hòuzǒng	刘厚总 \| 刘厚总* \| *刘厚总	Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英｜项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變｜皖南事变	劉厚總


夅 xiáng	夅 \| 夅* \| *夅	old variant of 降


厢 xiāng	厢 \| 厢* \| *厢	box (in theater) / side room / side	廂


湘剧 Xiāngjù	湘剧 \| 湘剧* \| *湘剧	Xiang opera (Hunan)	湘劇


湘妃竹 xiāngfēizhú	湘妃竹 \| 湘妃竹* \| *湘妃竹	same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜 concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death


无颜见江东父老 wúyánjiàn Jiāngdōngfùlǎo	无颜…父老 \| 无颜…父老* \| *无颜…父老	(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)	無顏見江東父老


神女有心，襄王无梦 shénnǚyǒuxīn, Xiāng Wángwúmèng	神女…无梦 \| 神女…无梦* \| *神女…无梦	lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)	神女有心，襄王無夢


𬙋 xiāng	𬙋 \| 𬙋* \| *𬙋	cord to hold up sleeves	纕


鲞 xiǎng	鲞 \| 鲞* \| *鲞	dried fish	鯗

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