| 趋 | [ qū ] to hasten, to hurry, to walk fast, to approach, to tend towards, to converge |
| 趋之若鹜 | [ qū zhī ruò wù ] to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable, an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase |
| 趋冷 | [ qū lěng ] a cold tendency, a freeze (in relations) |
| 趋冷气候 | [ qū lěng qì hoù ] cooling, a cold spell |
| 趋力 | [ qū lì ] driving force |
| 趋势 | [ qū shì ] trend, tendency |
| 趋化作用 | [ qū huà zuò yòng ] chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus) |
| 趋吉避凶 | [ qū jí bì xiōng ] to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom) |
| 趋同 | [ qū tóng ] to converge |
| 趋向 | [ qū xiàng ] direction, trend, to incline |
| 趋奉 | [ qū fèng ] to fawn on, to kiss up to |
| 趋于 | [ qū yú ] to tend towards |
| 趋时 | [ qū shí ] to follow fashion |
| 趋炎附势 | [ qū yán fù shì ] to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power, social climbing |
| 趋缓 | [ qū huǎn ] to slow down, to ease up, to abate, slowdown, downturn |
| 趋近 | [ qū jìn ] to approach (a numerical value), to converge to a limit (in calculus), convergence |
| 趋附 | [ qū fù ] to ingratiate oneself |
| ⇒ 一步一趋 | [ yī bù yī qū ] see 亦步亦趨|亦步亦趋[yi4 bu4 yi4 qu1] |
| ⇒ 上升趋势 | [ shàng shēng qū shì ] an upturn, an upward trend |
| ⇒ 上扬趋势 | [ shàng yáng qū shì ] upward trend, rising tendency |
| ⇒ 亦步亦趋 | [ yì bù yì qū ] to blindly follow suit (idiom), to imitate slavishly, to do what everyone else is doing |
| ⇒ 大势所趋 | [ dà shì suǒ qū ] general trend, irresistible trend |
| ⇒ 日趋 | [ rì qū ] (increasing) day by day, (more critical) with every passing day, gradually |
| ⇒ 日趋严重 | [ rì qū yán zhòng ] more critical with every passing day |
| ⇒ 渐趋 | [ jiàn qū ] to become more and more, to gradually become |
| ⇒ 益趋 | [ yì qū ] increasingly, more and more |