DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

內向

简内向 · 繁內向

Mandarin · pinyin nèi xiàng

reserved (personality)
introverted
(economics etc) domestic-oriented

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

內: nèi · inside, interior; domestic
向: xiàng · toward, direction, trend
内: nèi · inside

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4 · nei4 xiang4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

內向 · find source passages ↗ · 内向 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

noi6 hoeng3

Cantonese word readings for 內向. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

adj

introverted
(attributive) domestic-oriented

verb

(literary) to surrender and submit to the imperial court (of China)
(literary) to advance towards the interior of a country

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack