Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 向东, etc.(Chinese) 向東, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɕjɑŋ.tʊŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 向 (xiàng) meaning "face, toward, to, direction" combined with 东 (dōng) meaning "east". Other character combinations can form this name as well.