Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hướng

  1. direction
    hướng đông/tây/nam/bắc
    east/west/south/north
    4 phương, 8 hướng
    4 cardinals (east, west, south and north) and 8 ordinals
    phương hướng
    direction
    phương hướng hành động
    a course of action to take

Verb edit

hướng

  1. to face toward
    (figurative) luôn hướng về tổ quốc
    to never stop missing your motherland
    (literally, “to always face toward the motherland”)