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Chinese symbol for “dip”

倾角
qīng jiǎo
Traditional: 傾角
dip; angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal); tilt (inclination of ship from vertical)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dip is 倾角 (qīng jiǎo), defined as: dip; angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal); tilt (inclination of ship from vertical).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

倾 qīng
to upset, to pour out, to overflow
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dip”

WordPinyinMeaning
沾酱 (沾醬)zhān jiàngdip (cookery)
探底tàn dǐ(of stock prices, etc) to slump; to dip
浸入jìn rùto soak; to dip
濡染rú rǎnto infect; to influence

Related words

Other words that share a character with 倾角.

WordPinyinMeaning
倾向 (傾向)qīng xiàngtrend; tendency
倾斜 (傾斜)qīng xiéto incline; to lean
倾听 (傾聽)qīng tīngto listen attentively
右倾 (右傾)yòu qīngright-wing; reactionary
倾诉 (傾訴)qīng sùto say everything (that is on one's mind)
倾倒 (傾倒)qīng dǎoto topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view

See also: Japanese symbol for “dip”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.