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Xiàng

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Xiàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xiàng | Xiang4
English translation
surname Xiang
back of neck
item
thing
term (in a mathematical formula)
sum (of money)
classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
neck, nape; item; a term in an equation

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About Xiàng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xiàng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

head

Etymology of Xiàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

工页

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound. Simplified form of xiàng .

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Example sentences using Xiàng

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估计 gūjì Xiàng 损失 sǔnshī 8000 Yuán .

I estimate the damage at 8000 yuan.

zuò zhè Xiàng 工作 gōngzuò 最好 zuìhǎo Néng dǒng diǎn 医学 yī xué .

For this job it is desirable to know something about medicine.

能否 néng fǒu wéi 详细 xiángxì 解说 jiě shuō guì 中心 zhōngxīn de 各项服务 fú wù ?

Can you break down what kind of services you have here?

zài 运动会 yùn dòng huì shǎng le duō Xiàng 记录 jìlù .

A number of records fell during the sports meet.

zhè shì gēn Jīn 项链 xiàngliàn , 因此 yīncǐ hěn guì .

This is a gold necklace, hence it is expensive.

Words with Xiàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
项目 xiàngmù item項目
Xiàng item xiàng
项链 xiàngliàn necklace項鏈
事项 shìxiàng matter事項
专项 zhuān xiàng special專項
强项 qiáng xiàng key strength強項
项圈 xiàng quān necklace項圈
奖项 jiǎng xiàng award獎項
款项 kuǎn xiàng funds款項
选项 xuǎn xiàng a choice選項
单项 dān xiàng single-item單項
立项 lì xiàng to launch a project立項
项羽 Xiàng Yǔ Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor項羽
项目管理 xiàng mù guǎn lǐ project management項目管理
四项基本原则 Sì xiàng Jī běn Yuán zé the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 Dèng Xiǎo píng [Dèng​Xiǎo​píng] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CPC, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism四項基本原則
和平共处五项原则 hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence和平共處五項原則
颈项 jǐng xiàng neck頸項
进项 jìn xiang income進項
多项式 duō xiàng shì multinomial多項式
小项 xiǎo xiàng small item小項
党项 Dǎng xiàng Tangut branch of the Qiang qiāng ethnic group黨項

Xiàng Decomposition & Compounds

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Xiàng Decomposition

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