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顷

qǐng

Character Traditional 頃

What 顷 means

1. unit of area equal to 100 {亩|mǔ} or 6.67 hectares
2. a short while
3. a little while ago
4. circa. (for approximate dates)

Other readings

顷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qīngvariant of {倾|qīng}

Example sentences

• 卡罗尔威克和她的丈夫拥有美国人都梦想的一小块土地，位于华盛顿州西雅图东南部的喀斯喀特山麓边缘，占地 12 公顷。从她家门口步行不远，穿过一些牧场和一座破旧的谷仓，就能到达复盖她土地约三分之一的冷杉和雪松林。
  Carol Wick and her husband own a small slice of the American dream, 12 hectares at the edge of the Cascade foothills, southeast of Seattle, Washington. A short walk from her doorstop, past some pastures and a dilapidated barn, is the fir and cedar forest that covers about one-third of her property.

Words starting with 顷

• 顷刻qǐng kèinstantly; in no time
• 顷刻间qǐng kè jiānin an instant
• 顷久qǐng jiǔan instant or an eternity
• 顷之qǐng zhīin a moment; shortly after
• 顷者qǐng zhějust now; a short while ago

Words containing 顷

• 公顷gōng qǐnghectare
• 俄顷é qǐngin a moment; presently
• 少顷shǎo qǐngin a short while; presently
• 市顷shì qǐngunit of area equal to 100 亩
• 有顷yǒu qǐngshortly thereafter; for a moment
• 然顷rán qǐngin a short time; soon; before long
• 近顷jìn qǐngrecently; of late
• 食顷shí qǐnga short moment
• 万顷wàn qǐnglarge landholding; vast space
• 一弹指顷yī tán zhǐ qǐnga snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye

Characters that look like 顷

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

• 项xiàngback of neck; item; thing
• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 帧zhēnframe; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 坝bà(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal
• 鸨bǎoChinese bustard; procuress

Sounds the same

Read qǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 请to ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 苘Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti); Indian hemp (cannabis)
• 庼room; small hall