趋 - qū - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

Ninchanese is the best way to learn Chinese.
Try it for free.

Sign me up

17 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

趨 (趋)

qū

Definition

to hasten
to hurry
to walk fast
to approach
to tend towards
to converge

Character Decomposition

Related words (21)

to tend towards

a cold tendency; a freeze (in relations)

driving force

trend; tendency

to converge

direction; trend; to incline

趨奉

qū fèng

to fawn on; to kiss up to

to follow fashion

to slow down; to ease up; to abate; slowdown; downturn

趨近

qū jìn

to approach (a numerical value); to converge to a limit (in calculus); convergence

趨附

qū fù

to ingratiate oneself

趨冷氣候

qū lěng qì hòu

cooling; a cold spell

趨化作用

qū huà zuò yòng

chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)

日趨

rì qū

(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually

漸趨

jiàn qū

to become more and more; to gradually become

益趨

yì qū

increasingly; more and more

see 亦步亦趨

an upturn; an upward trend

上揚趨勢

shàng yáng qū shì

upward trend; rising tendency

大勢所趨

dà shì suǒ qū

general trend; irresistible trend

日趨嚴重

rì qū yán zhòng

more critical with every passing day

Idioms (4)

趨之若鶩

qū zhī ruò wù

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

趨吉避凶

qū jí bì xiōng

to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

趨炎附勢

qū yán fù shì

to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing

亦步亦趨

yì bù yì qū

to blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing

Oh noes!

An error occured, please reload the page.
Don't hesitate to report a feedback if you have internet!

You are disconnected!

We have not been able to load the page.
Please check your internet connection and retry.

Retry