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Usage of the character 項

xiàng
[項]
  • back of neck
  • item
  • thing
  • term (in a mathematical formula)
  • sum (of money)
  • classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
Xiàng
[項]
  • surname Xiang
chángxiàng
常项
[常項]
  • constant term (in a math expression)
yúxiàng
余项
[餘項]
  • remainder term (math.)
  • remainder
  • residue
dānxiàng
单项
[單項]
  • single-item
lìxiàng
立项
[立項]
  • to launch a project
jiǎngxiàng
奖项
[獎項]
  • award; prize
  • CL:項/项 (xiàng)
záxiàng
杂项
[雜項]
  • miscellaneous
xiǎoxiàng
小项
[小項]
  • small item
  • event (of program)
xuǎnxiàng
选项
[選項]
  • option; alternative; choice
  • to choose a project
láixiang
来项
[來項]
  • income
shìxiàng
事项
[事項]
  • matter
  • item
qiángxiàng
强项
[強項]
  • key strength
  • strong suit
  • specialty
yìxiàng
义项
[義項]
  • sense (of a word)
jìnxiang
进项
[進項]
  • income; receipts; earnings; revenue
dàxiàng
大项
[大項]
  • main item (of program)
xiàngmù
项目
[項目]
  • item
  • project
  • (sports) event
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
Xiàng Yīng
项英
[項英]
  • Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍/新四军 ( Xīnsìjūn), killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變/皖南事变 ( Wǎnnán Shìbiàn)
yòngxiàng
用项
[用項]
  • items of expenditure
  • expenditures
xiàngliàn
项链
[項鏈]
  • necklace
  • CL:條/条 (tiáo)
xiàngquān
项圈
[項圈]
  • necklace
qiànxiàng
欠项
[欠項]
  • liabilities
  • debt
Xiàngchéng
项城
[項城]
  • Xiangcheng, county-level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan
ruòxiàng
弱项
[弱項]
  • one's weak area
Dǎngxiàng
党项
[黨項]
  • Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group
  • ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227
zhuānxiàng
专项
[專項]
  • special
  • dedicated
Pǔxiàng
浦项
[浦項]
  • Pohang (city in South Korea)
kuǎnxiàng
款项
[款項]
  • funds
  • a sum of money
  • CL:宗 (zōng)
xiàngjǐng
项颈
[項頸]
  • back of neck
sānxiàng
三项
[三項]
  • three items
  • three events
  • three terms
  • tri-
  • trinomial, ternary (math.)
  • triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能/三项全能)
Xiàng Yǔ
项羽
[項羽]
  • Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
jǐngxiàng
颈项
[頸項]
  • neck
fēnxiàng
分项
[分項]
  • sub-item (of program)
shíxiàng
十项
[十項]
  • ten items
  • decathlon (athletics)
Dǎngxiàngzú
党项族
[黨項族]
  • Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group
  • ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227
sānxiàngshì
三项式
[三項式]
  • trinomial (math.)
Xiàngchéngshì
项城市
[項城市]
  • Xiangcheng, county-level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan
duōxiàngshì
多项式
[多項式]
  • polynomial (math.)
  • multinomial
èrxiàngshì
二项式
[二項式]
  • two items
  • binomial (math.)
tiěrénsānxiàng
铁人三项
[鐵人三項]
  • triathlon
Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn
项庄舞剑
[項莊舞劍]
  • lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦/刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴/鸿门宴 ( Hóngményàn) in 206 BC)
  • fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
báixiàngfèngméi
白项凤鹛
[白項鳳鶥]
  • (bird species of China) white-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)
cíxiàngluóji
词项逻辑
[詞項邏輯]
  • categorical logic
wǔxiàngquánnéng
五项全能
[五項全能]
  • pentathlon
xiàndàiwǔxiàng
现代五项
[現代五項]
  • modern pentathlon
bǐsàixiàngmù
比赛项目
[比賽項目]
  • sporting event
  • item on program of sports competition
shíxiàngquánnéng
十项全能
[十項全能]
  • decathlon
sānxiàngquánnéng
三项全能
[三項全能]
  • triathlon
xiàngshàngréntóu
项上人头
[項上人頭]
  • head
  • neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
tǐyùxiàngmù
体育项目
[體育項目]
  • sporting event
xiàngmùguǎnlǐ
项目管理
[項目管理]
  • project management
qīxiàngquánnéng
七项全能
[七項全能]
  • heptathlon
èrcìduōxiàngshì
二次多项式
[二次多項式]
  • quadratic polynomial
duōxiàngshìfāngchéng
多项式方程
[多項式方程]
  • (math.) polynomial equation
èrxiàngshìxìshù
二项式系数
[二項式係數]
  • (math.) binomial coefficient
èrxiàngshìdìnglǐ
二项式定理
[二項式定理]
  • the binomial theorem (math.)
duōxiàngshìfāngchéngzǔ
多项式方程组
[多項式方程組]
  • (math.) system of polynomial equations
dàibànshìxiànglièbiǎo
待办事项列表
[待辦事項列表]
  • to-do list
Sìxiàng Jīběn Yuánzé
四项基本原则
[四項基本原則]
  • the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平/邓小平 ( Dèng Xiǎopíng) in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
Shíyóu Huàn Shípǐn Xiàngmù
石油换食品项目
[石油換食品項目]
  • Iraq Oil for Food Program
hépínggòngchǔwǔxiàngyuánzé
和平共处五项原则
[和平共處五項原則]
  • Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
  • 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
Sān Dà Jìlü Bā Xiàng Zhùyì
三大纪律八项注意
[三大紀律八項注意]
  • the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,zhìzài Pèigōng
项庄舞剑,志在沛公
[項莊舞劍,志在沛公]
  • see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公/项庄舞剑,意在沛公 ( Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,yìzài Pèigōng)
Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,yìzài Pèigōng
项庄舞剑,意在沛公
[項莊舞劍,意在沛公]
  • lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦/刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 ( Pèigōng) and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴/鸿门宴 ( Hóngményàn)
  • an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent