向 xiàng towardsto faceto turn towardsdirectionto supportto side withshortly beforeformerlyalwaysall along(suffix) suitable for …oriented to …surname Xiang Example sentences 你很会做菜，我可以向你学习吗？ nǐ hěn huì zuò cài, wǒ kěyǐ xiàng nǐ xuéxí ma? You can cook, can I learn from you? 他向我学习英语，我向他学习汉语。 tā xiàng wǒ xuéxí yīngyǔ, wǒ xiàng tā xuéxí hànyǔ. He learns English from me and I learn Chinese from him