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项

xiàng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 項

What 项 means

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

Other readings

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

• Xiàngsurname Xiang

Example sentences

• 这是我的项目。
  This is my project.
• 你的强项是什么？
  Nǐ de qiángxiàng shì shénme?
  What are your strong points?
• 你只有两个选项。
  Nǐ zhǐ yǒu liǎng gè xuǎnxiàng.
  You only have two options.
• 唱歌是她的强项。
  Chànggē shì tā de qiángxiàng.
  Singing is her strong point.
• 你的强项是什幺？
  What are your strong points?
• 我同意这项建议。
  I agreed to the proposal.

Words starting with 项

• 项目xiàng mùitem; project; (sports) event
• 项链xiàng liànnecklace
• 项羽Xiàng YǔXiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
• 项圈xiàng quānnecklace
• 项目管理xiàng mù guǎn lǐproject management
• 项英Xiàng YīngXiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四军
• 项上人头xiàng shàng rén tóuhead; neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
• 项城市Xiàng chéng ShìXiangcheng, a county-level city in Zhoukou City 周口市
• 项庄舞剑Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiànlit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦…
• 项颈xiàng jǐngback of neck
• 项庄舞剑，意在沛公Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōnglit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦…
• 项城Xiàng chéngsee 项城市
• 项庄舞剑，志在沛公Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài Pèi gōngsee 項莊舞劍，项庄舞剑，意在沛公

Words containing 项

• 事项shì xiàngmatter; item
• 选项xuǎn xiàngoption; alternative; choice; to choose a project
• 专项zhuān xiàngspecial; dedicated
• 奖项jiǎng xiàngaward; prize
• 款项kuǎn xiàngfunds; a sum of money (for a particular purpose); item of a clause (in a legal document)
• 单项dān xiàngsingle-item
• 强项qiáng xiàngkey strength; strong suit; specialty
• 立项lì xiàngto launch a project
• 颈项jǐng xiàngneck
• 弱项ruò xiàngone's weak area
• 进项jìn xiangincome; receipts; earnings; revenue
• 四项基本原则Sì xiàng Jī běn Yuán zéthe Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平
• 来项lái xiangincome
• 分项fēn xiàngsub-item (of program)
• 大项dà xiàngmain item (of program)
• 用项yòng xiàngitems of expenditure; expenditures
• 小项xiǎo xiàngsmall item; event (of program)
• 多项式duō xiàng shì(math) polynomial; multinomial
• 多项式方程duō xiàng shì fāng chéng(math) polynomial equation
• 多项式方程组duō xiàng shì fāng chéng zǔ(math) system of polynomial equations
• 义项yì xiàngsense (of a word)
• 常项cháng xiàngconstant term (in a mathematical expression)
• 常数项cháng shù xiàngconstant term (in a mathematical expression)
• 体育项目tǐ yù xiàng mùsporting event

Characters built on 工

These share the phonetic component 工 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 江jiāngriver
• 羟qiǎnghydroxyl (radical)
• 豇jiāngused in 豇豆

Characters that look like 项

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

• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 陛bìthe steps to the throne
• 哨shàoa whistle; sentry
• 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play
• 顷qǐngunit of area equal to 100 亩; a short while; a little while ago

Sounds the same

Read xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 向towards; to face; to turn towards
• 像to resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 象elephant; shape; form
• 橡oak; Quercus serrata
• 巷lane; alley
• 相appearance; portrait; picture
• 蟓silkworm
• 珦a kind of jade
• 衖variant of 巷