去向

• 병음: qù xiàng
• 한자 분석: 去 = 土 + 厶 (go/leave); 向 = 宀 + 口 (direction — facing toward)

뜻

행방; 행선(방향)

Used to inquire where a person went or where an object ended up. 去向不明 (whereabouts unknown) is a frequent news phrase. More formal than simply asking 去哪了. Also used in legal and investigative contexts to track a person's movements or trace the flow of funds.

예문

1. 失踪学生的去向至今不明，警方已展开全面调查并发出协查通告。
2. 这笔专项资金的去向必须向社会公开，接受公众与审计机构的双重监督。
3. 会议结束后他独自离开会场，去向不明，众人颇感疑惑。

사용 가이드

맥락: investigation, news reporting, legal, finance

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 案发后检察机关重点追查了涉案款项的具体去向，发现其中大量资金被转移至境外账户。(After the incident, the procuratorate focused on tracing the specific whereabouts of the funds involved, discovering that large amounts had been transferred to overseas accounts.)
• 记者在新闻发布会上反复追问这批援助物资的最终去向，主管部门的回答始终语焉不详。(Reporters repeatedly pressed at the press conference about the final whereabouts of the relief supplies, but the authorities in charge gave persistently vague answers.)

피해야 할 표현

• 他的去向是上海 — use 他去了上海 or 目的地是上海 for a clearly named destination; 去向 implies uncertainty or the act of tracing where someone went, not a confirmed stated destination

기원과 역사

去 (go/leave) + 向 (direction) — the direction one has gone; one's whereabouts after departure

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal