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倾向

qīng xiàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 傾向

倾向 (qīng xiàng) means "trend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 倾向 means

1. trend
2. tendency
3. orientation

The characters in 倾向

• 倾qīngto overturn; to collapse; to lean
• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards

Example sentences

• 车臣人倾向独立。
  Chēchénrén qīngxiàng dúlì.
  Chechens have inclinations towards independence.
• 我会更倾向于第二句话。
  I would prefer the second sentence.
• 资本家倾向于压榨工人。
  The capitalists tend to exploit the working people.
• 汤姆公开自己的同性恋倾向。
  Tāngmǔ gōngkāi zìjǐ de tóngxìngliàn qīngxiàng.
  Tom is openly gay.
• 在我看来，她有一种夸张的倾向。
  Zàiwǒkànlái, tā yǒu yīzhǒng kuāzhāng de qīngxiàng.
  It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.
• 实践和理论同样重要，但我们倾向于重视后者而忽略前者。
  Shíjiàn hé lǐlùn tóngyàng zhòngyào, dàn wǒmen qīngxiàng yú zhòngshì hòuzhě ér hūlüè qiánzhě.
  Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.

Words starting with 倾向

• 倾向性qīng xiàng xìngtendency; inclination; orientation
• 倾向于qīng xiàng yúto incline to; to prefer; to be prone to

Words containing 倾向

• 不良倾向bù liáng qīng xiàngharmful trend

Where 倾向 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiè–qīn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīng xiàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.