Chinese symbol for “bidirectional”
双向
shuāng xiàng
Traditional: 雙向
bidirectional; two-way; interactive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bidirectional is 双向 (shuāng xiàng), defined as: bidirectional; two-way; interactive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bidirectional”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 双向.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 双方 (雙方) | shuāng fāng | bilateral; both sides |
| 双手 (雙手) | shuāng shǒu | both hands |
| 双重 (雙重) | shuāng chóng | double |
| 双眼 (雙眼) | shuāng yǎn | the two eyes |
| 双边 (雙邊) | shuāng biān | bilateral |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
| 倾向 (傾向) | qīng xiàng | trend; tendency |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bidirectional”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.