掉向

diàoxiàng
  1. to turn
  2. to adjust one's direction
  3. to lose one's bearings

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
=2 向 xiàng
  1. towards
  2. to face
  3. to turn towards
  4. direction
  5. to support
  6. to side with
  7. shortly before
  8. formerly
  9. always
  10. all along
  11. (suffix) suitable for ...
  12. oriented to ...
=2 向 xiàng
  1. to tend toward
  2. to guide
  3. variant of 向 xiàng
=2 向 xiàng
  1. variant of 向 xiàng
  2. direction
  3. orientation
  4. to face
  5. to turn toward
  6. to
  7. towards
  8. shortly before
  9. formerly

Related entries

扭 niǔ
  1. to turn
  2. to twist
  3. to wring
  4. to sprain
  5. to swing one's hips
我開門的時候把門柄扭了出來。

I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.

Source: Tatoeba

拐 guǎi
  1. to turn (a corner etc)
  2. to kidnap
  3. to swindle
  4. to misappropriate
  5. seven (used as a substitute for 七 qī)
  6. variant of 枴 guǎi
我們拐錯彎了。

We took a wrong turn.

Source: Tatoeba

撥轉 bōzhuǎn
  1. to turn
  2. to turn around
  3. to transfer (funds etc)
斡 wò to turn
紐 niǔ
  1. to turn
  2. to wrench
  3. button
  4. nu (Greek letter Νν)
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