心向往之 xīnxiàngwǎngzhī to long for Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 心 xīn noun mind thought; intellect; the organ of thinking向往 xiàngwǎng verb to yearn for to yearn for, look forward to, or long for a certain thing or state due to admiration之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".