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Reserved (personality) in Chinese: 内向 (nèi xiàng)

nèi xiàng

reserved (personality)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 內向1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1reserved (personality)
  2. 2introverted
  3. 3(economics etc) domestic-oriented

Stroke order

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向

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ㄋㄟˋ

nèi

ㄋ/ nㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄤˋ

xiàng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

内向

Simplified

內向

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他性格内向，不太爱说话。

    tā xìng gé nèi xiàng， bú tài ài shuō huà。

    He's introverted and doesn't much like talking.

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Related words

向

xiàng

towards

内

nèi

inside

方向

fāng xiàng

direction

内容

nèi róng

content

内科

nèi kē

internal medicine

国内

guó nèi

domestic

内心

nèi xīn

heart

内部

nèi bù

interior

以内

yǐ nèi

within

内在

nèi zài

inner

向导

xiàng dǎo

guide

向前

xiàng qián

forward

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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