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xiàng
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. back of neck
  2. 2. item
  3. 3. thing
  4. 4. term (in a mathematical formula)
  5. 5. sum (of money)
  6. 6. classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc

Words Containing 项

余项
yú xiàng

remainder term (math.)

项颈
xiàng jǐng

back of neck

杂项
zá xiàng

miscellaneous

项圈
xiàng quān

necklace

七项全能
qī xiàng quán néng

heptathlon

浦项
pǔ xiàng

Pohang (city in South Korea)

项庄舞剑
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[hóng mén yàn] in 206 BC)

党项族
dǎng xiàng zú

Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group

待办事项列表
dài bàn shì xiàng liè biǎo

to-do list

三项全能
sān xiàng quán néng

triathlon

强项
qiáng xiàng

key strength

十项全能
shí xiàng quán néng

decathlon

颈项
jǐng xiàng

neck

和平共处五项原则
hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé

Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

款项
kuǎn xiàng

funds

铁人三项
tiě rén sān xiàng

triathlon

选项
xuǎn xiàng

option; alternative; choice

多项式方程组
duō xiàng shì fāng chéng zǔ

(math.) system of polynomial equations

二次多项式
èr cì duō xiàng shì

quadratic polynomial

专项
zhuān xiàng

special

项庄舞剑,意在沛公
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[pèi gōng] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[hóng mén yàn]

弱项
ruò xiàng

one's weak area

大项
dà xiàng

main item (of program)

分项
fēn xiàng

sub-item (of program)

奖项
jiǎng xiàng

award; prize

多项式
duō xiàng shì

polynomial (math.)

项英
xiàng yīng

Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[xīn sì jūn], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[wǎn nán shì biàn]

词项逻辑
cí xiàng luó ji

categorical logic

项目
xiàng mù

item

一项一项地
yī xiàng yī xiàng de

one by one

三项
sān xiàng

three items

五项全能
wǔ xiàng quán néng

pentathlon

三大纪律八项注意
sān dà jì lǜ bā xiàng zhù yì

the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime

事项
shì xiàng

matter

常项
cháng xiàng

constant term (in a math expression)

进项
jìn xiang

income

二项式系数
èr xiàng shì xì shù

(math.) binomial coefficient

项庄舞剑,志在沛公
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公|项庄舞剑,意在沛公[xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng]

项城市
xiàng chéng shì

Xiangcheng, county-level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan

三项式
sān xiàng shì

trinomial (math.)

二项式
èr xiàng shì

two items

石油换食品项目
shí yóu huàn shí pǐn xiàng mù

Iraq Oil for Food Program

来项
lái xiang

income

义项
yì xiàng

sense (of a word)

单项
dān xiàng

single-item

项羽
xiàng yǔ

Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor

白项凤鹛
bái xiàng fèng méi

(bird species of China) white-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)

欠项
qiàn xiàng

liabilities

立项
lì xiàng

to launch a project

现代五项
xiàn dài wǔ xiàng

modern pentathlon

用项
yòng xiàng

items of expenditure

项城
xiàng chéng

Xiangcheng, county-level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan

比赛项目
bǐ sài xiàng mù

sporting event

项链
xiàng liàn

necklace

项目管理
xiàng mù guǎn lǐ

project management

党项
dǎng xiàng

Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group

二项式定理
èr xiàng shì dìng lǐ

the binomial theorem (math.)

体育项目
tǐ yù xiàng mù

sporting event

项上人头
xiàng shàng rén tóu

head

小项
xiǎo xiàng

small item

十项
shí xiàng

ten items

多项式方程
duō xiàng shì fāng chéng

(math.) polynomial equation