趨〔趋〕 ceoi¹ {qū}

1. to hasten
2. to hurry
3. to walk fast
4. to approach
5. to tend towards
6. to converge

趨附〔趋-〕 ceoi¹ fu⁶ {qū fù}

to ingratiate oneself

趨奉〔趋-〕 ceoi¹ fung⁶ {qū fèng}

1. to fawn on
2. to kiss up to

趨近〔趋-〕 ceoi¹ gan⁶ {qū jìn}

1. to approach (a numerical value)
2. to converge to a limit (in calculus)
3. convergence

趨向〔趋-〕 ceoi¹ hoeng³ {qū xiàng}

1. direction
2. trend
3. to incline

趨於〔趋于〕 ceoi¹ jyu¹ {qū yú}

to tend towards

趨冷〔趋-〕 ceoi¹ laang⁵ {qū lěng}

1. a cold tendency
2. a freeze (in relations)

趨力〔趋-〕 ceoi¹ lik⁶ {qū lì}

driving force

趨勢〔趋势〕 ceoi¹ sai³ {qū shì}

1. trend
2. tendency

趨時〔趋时〕 ceoi¹ si⁴ {qū shí}

to follow fashion

趨同〔趋-〕 ceoi¹ tung⁴ {qū tóng}

to converge

趨緩〔趋缓〕 ceoi¹ wun⁶ {qū huǎn}

1. to slow down
2. to ease up
3. to abate
4. slowdown
5. downturn

趨化作用〔趋---〕 ceoi¹ faa³ zok³ jung⁶ {qū huà zuò yòng}

chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)

趨吉避凶〔趋---〕 ceoi¹ gat¹ bei⁶ hung¹ {qū jí bì xiōng}

to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

趨炎附勢〔趋--势〕 ceoi¹ jim⁴ fu⁶ sai³ {qū yán fù shì}

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

趨冷氣候〔趋-气-〕 ceoi¹ laang⁵ hei³ hau⁶ {qū lěng qì hòu}

1. cooling
2. a cold spell

趨之若鶩〔趋--鹜〕 ceoi¹ zi¹ joek⁶ mou⁶ {qū zhī ruò wù}

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