项 (xiàng): back of neck, item, thing
项 (xiàng) is a Chinese character meaning “back of neck.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 工 (phonetic) and 页 (semantic). It ranks #571 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 项 head. Its radical form 页 (page) appears in many related characters such as 页 (yè, page), 顺 (shùn, to obey), 须 (xū, must).
Definitions
- back of neck
- item
- thing
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 项
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强项noun | qiáng xiàng | key strength |
| 项圈noun | xiàng quān | necklace |
| 奖项noun | jiǎng xiàng | award |
| 选项noun | xuǎn xiàng | option |
| 款项noun | kuǎn xiàng | funds |
| 弱项noun | ruò xiàng | one's weak area |
| 单项noun | dān xiàng | single-item |
| 专项noun | zhuān xiàng | special |
| 多项式noun | duō xiàng shì | (math.) polynomial |
| 进项noun | jìn xiang | income |
| 立项verb | lì xiàng | to launch a project |
| 义项noun | yì xiàng | sense (of a word) |
| 颈项noun | jǐng xiàng | neck |
| 同类项 | tóng lèi xiàng | (math.) like terms (in an algebraic expression) |
| 二项式noun | èr xiàng shì | two items |
项 appears in 66 compound words: 20 as the first character, 47 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 项 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 项.
Example Sentences
老师教我们项字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men xiàng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "项."
...戴震动棒晚上一直穿会坏吗?这些使用注意事项要了解
. . . dài zhèn dòng bàng wǎn shàng yī zhí chuān huì huài ma ? zhè xiē shǐ yòng zhù yì shì xiàng yāo le jiě
... Does wearing a vibrator all the time at night break it? These precautions should be understood
考文垂:期待“为奥运喝彩”项目组持续发挥文化桥梁作用
kǎo wén chuí : qī dài wéi ào yùn hē cǎi xiàng mù zǔ chí xù fā huī wén huà qiáo liáng zuò yòng
Coventry: We look forward to the "Cheers for the Olympics" project team continuing to play a cultural bridge
强生扩大高附加价值品项 接单动能曝光!
qiáng shēng kuò dà gāo fù jiā jià zhí pǐn xiàng jiē dān dòng néng pù guāng !
Johnson & Johnson expands high value-added items and exposes the momentum of receiving orders!
伊朗局势|伊媒:一旦开战特朗普家族在中东项目将成攻击目标
yī lǎng jú shì yī méi : yī dàn kāi zhàn tè lǎng pǔ jiā zú zài zhōng dōng xiàng mù jiāng chéng gōng jī mù biāo
Iranian media: Once the war starts, the Trump family's project in the Middle East will be the target
大理消防开展防火专项行动:踏查重点林区,对高火险区..
dà lǐ xiāo fáng kāi zhǎn fáng huǒ zhuān xiàng háng dòng : tà chá chóng diǎn lín qū , duì gāo huǒ xiǎn qū . .
Dali Fire Protection carried out special fire prevention actions: inspected key forest areas and conducted high-fire risk areas:
十支队伍竞逐奖项。
Shí zhīduì wǔ jìngzhú jiǎngxiàng.
Ten teams competed for the prize.
公司放弃了那个项目。
Gōngsī fàngqì le nàge xiàngmù.
The company abandoned that project.
这个项目我大致了解。
Zhège xiàngmù wǒ dàzhì liǎojiě.
I know about this project for the most part.
这项工作未必容易。
Zhè xiàng gōngzuò wèibì róngyì.
This work is not necessarily easy.
Character Family
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