direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly; to side with; to be partial to; all along (previously); surname Xiang[cedict]
lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap, etc.; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱[cedict]