qīng

to overturn

to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out

person (亻) + sound qīng (顷) = to lean or pour out

The person radical grounds the meaning in human action — a person leaning, pouring out, or toppling. 顷 contributes the sound qīng and does not add semantic weight here.

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A personSemantic
A unit of areaPhonetic

他把杯子里的水倒在地上。

tā bǎ bēi zi lǐ de shuǐ qīng dào zài dì shàng。

He poured out the water in the cup onto the ground.

这栋老房子已经开始向一边斜了。

zhè dòng lǎo fáng zi yǐ jīng kāi shǐ xiàng yī biān qīng xié le。

This old building has already started to lean to one side.

Words with 倾

一见倾心

yī jiàn qīng xīn

love at first sight

不良倾向

bù liáng qīng xiàng

harmful trend

倾佩

qīng pèi

to admire greatly

倾倒

qīng dǎo

to topple over; to fall over

倾倒

qīng dào

to dump; to pour out; to empty out

倾侧

qīng cè

to lean to one side

倾力

qīng lì

to do one's utmost

倾动

qīng dòng

to admire

倾危

qīng wēi

in danger of collapse

倾卸

qīng xiè

to tip

倾吐

qīng tǔ

to pour out (emotions)

倾吐胸臆

qīng tǔ xiōng yì

to pour out one's heart

More characters with 亻