In order to understand the impact of rock strata dip on soil infiltration characteristics in karst trough valley area, taking the dip/anti-dip slope of Qingmuguan karst trough valley area in Chongqing as the research object, the differences of soil infiltration capacity of five typical land use patterns, namely abandoned land (AL), pepper land (PL), corn land (CL), forest land (FL), grassland (GL) in dip/anti-dip slope were analyzed, and the influence of soil physical properties on soil infiltration capacity was discussed. The results showed that: (1) There were significant differences in >0.25 mm water-stable aggregate content, capillary water holding capacity, clay and silt content between the dip and anti-dip slope (p<0.05). In terms of >0.25 mm water-stable aggregate content and capillary water holding capacity, the greatest differences were found between the dip and anti-dip slope of PL and FL, respectively, and in terms of clay and silt content, the greatest differences were found between the dip and anti-dip slope of CL, and both were anti-dip slope > dip slope. (2) Except for the soil infiltration capacity of FL, the soil infiltration capacity of the dip slope was lower than that of the anti-dip slope, and the soil infiltration capacity of the other four land use patterns was higher than that of the anti-dip slope. (3) Soil infiltration characteristics showed highly significant negative correlation with bulk density on dip and anti-dip slope (p<0.01), and had significantly positive correlation with total porosity, non-capillary porosity, >5 mm water-stable aggregate content and saturated water holding capacity in the dip slope (p<0.01), and had significantly positive correlation with non-capillary porosity, saturated water holding capacity and silt content in the anti-dip slope (p<0.01). The multiple stepwise regression analysis and path analysis revealed that the primary decision factor for the soil infiltration capacity on dip and anti-dip slope was both the bulk density, followed by >5 mm water-stable aggregate content and silt content, respectively. (4) Compared with the four fitting models of soil infiltration process, Philip model had the best fitting effect on the soil infiltration process of the dip and anti-dip slope. The research results can provide data support for soil erosion control and vegetation restoration in different rock strata dips in karst trough valley area.