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趋

qū

HSK 5 Character Traditional 趨

What 趋 means

1. to hasten
2. to hurry
3. to walk fast
4. to approach
5. to tend towards
6. to converge

Example sentences

• 世界人口有上升的趋势。
  Shìjiè rénkǒu yǒu shàngshēng de qūshì.
  The world's population tends to increase.
• 她很了解最新的时尚趋势。
  Tā hěn liǎojiě zuì xīn de shíshàng qūshì.
  She knows a lot about the latest fashions.
• 人们趋向于带着偏见看待他人。
  Rénmen qūxiàng yú dài zhe piānjiàn kàndài tārén.
  People tend to look at others with bias.
• 高德温法则告诉我们对任何主题的所有无休止的讨论会趋于和纳粹主义的类比。
  Gāodéwēn fǎzé gàosu wǒmen duì rènhé zhǔtí de suǒyǒu wú xiūzhǐ de tǎolùn huì qūyú hé Nàcuìzhǔyì de lèibǐ.
  Godwin's law teaches us that any infinite discussion about an arbitrary subject converges to a Nazi comparison.

Words starting with 趋

• 趋势qū shìtrend; tendency
• 趋向qū xiàngdirection; trend; to incline
• 趋于qū yúto tend towards
• 趋之若鹜qū zhī ruò wùto rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable…
• 趋冷qū lěng(of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool
• 趋力qū lìdriving force
• 趋同qū tóngto converge
• 趋时qū shí(literary) to follow current trends; to conform to the fashion of the times
• 趋缓qū huǎnto slow down; to ease up; to abate
• 趋近qū jìnto approach (a numerical value); to converge to a limit (in calculus); convergence
• 趋附qū fùto ingratiate oneself
• 趋利避害qū lì bì hài(idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
• 趋化作用qū huà zuò yòngchemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)
• 趋同进化qū tóng jìn huà(biology) convergent evolution
• 趋奉qū fèngto fawn on; to kiss up to
• 趋炎附势qū yán fù shìto curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing
• 趋吉避凶qū jí bì xiōngto seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

Words containing 趋

• 日趋rì qū(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually
• 大势所趋dà shì suǒ qū(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction
• 渐趋jiàn qūto become more and more; to gradually become
• 亦步亦趋yì bù yì qūto blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing
• 益趋yì qūincreasingly; more and more
• 上升趋势shàng shēng qū shìan upturn; an upward trend
• 日趋严重rì qū yán zhòngmore critical with every passing day
• 上扬趋势shàng yáng qū shìupward trend; tendency to increase
• 一步一趋yī bù yī qūsee 亦步亦趋

Characters that look like 趋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 旋xuánto revolve; a loop; a circle
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up
• 绫língdamask; thin silk

Sounds the same

Read qū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 区area; region; district
• 屈bent; to feel wronged
• 驱to expel; to urge on; to drive
• 曲bent; crooked; wrong
• 躯human body
• 岖used in 崎岖
• 祛sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away
• 蛆maggot
• 蛐used in 蛐蛐; used in 蛐蟮
• 呿to yawn
• 袪sleeve opening
• 黢black; dark