| 切向 |
qiē xiàng |
tangent direction |
| 切 |
qiē |
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math) tangential |
| 切 |
qiè |
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters) |
| 向 |
Xiàng |
surname Xiang |
| 向 |
xiàng |
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ... |
| 向 |
xiàng |
to tend toward / to guide / variant of 向 |
| 向 |
xiàng |
variant of 向 / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly |