曲 qǔ
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qǔ
noun
a song
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: In the sense of 歌 (CCD '曲' qǔ 2; Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 1; XHZD '曲' qǔ 1, p. 619) -
qū
adjective
bent; crooked; curved
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 弯曲 (CCD '曲' 1 qū 1; Guoyu '曲' qū adj 1; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1, p. 375; Unihan '曲'; XHZD '曲' qū 1, p. 617) -
qǔ
measure word
measure word for tunes or songs
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 3) -
qū
verb
to bend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 屈 (CCD '曲' 1 qū 2; Guoyu '曲' qū v 1) -
qū
adjective
wrong; unjust
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '曲' 1 qū 4; Unihan '曲') -
qǔ
proper noun
Qu
Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Genre 体裁
Notes: Qu is a form of poetry that appeared in the Jin and Yuan dynasties and was characteristic of Old Mandarin (CCD '曲' qǔ 1; Norman 1988, p. 48). -
qū
noun
a regiment [military]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Hucker 1985 , p. 14) -
qū
noun
a bend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '曲' 1 qū 3; Guoyu '曲' qū n 1; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qū 2, p. 617) -
qū
proper noun
Qu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '曲' 1 qū 5; Guoyu '曲' qū n 7; XHZD '曲' qū 5, p. 617) -
qū
noun
a remote place
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '曲' qū n 4; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 2, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qū 3, p. 617) -
qū
noun
yeast
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '曲' qū 4, p. 617) -
qǔ
noun
tune; music to accompany a song
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: In the sense of 歌曲 (CCD '曲' qǔ 2; Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 1; Kroll 2015 '曲' qǔ 1, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qǔ 2, p. 619) -
qǔ
noun
a genre of verse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Popular in the Yuan, called 元曲 (Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qǔ 1a, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qǔ 3, p. 619) -
qū
noun
complexity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 事理不直 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1a, p. 375) -
qū
adverb
thoroughly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 周全 (Guoyu '曲' qū adv 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1b, p. 375) -
qū
adjective
unreasonable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不正的 (Guoyu '曲' qū adj 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1c, p. 375) -
qū
noun
a feeding tray for silkworms
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 养蚕的器具 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 6; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 3, p. 375) -
qū
noun
an inner secret; a hidden motive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 心曲 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 3) -
qū
noun
a part; a portion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 一部分 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 5)
Contained in
- 触技曲(觸技曲) toccata
- 黄曲霉菌(黃曲霉菌) Aspergillus flavus (fungus typically found on crops)
- 弯曲(彎曲) curved; crooked ; to keep something secret
- 曲别针(曲別針) paper clip
- 黄曲霉毒素(黃曲霉毒素) aflatoxin
- 小步舞曲 minuet
- 曲蟮 earthworm
- 曲奇 cookie
- 曲射炮(曲射砲) curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
- 曲子 tune; music; composition
- 大曲 large scale musical performance ; daqu
- 螺旋曲面 spiral surface
- 委曲求全 to accept a compromise
- 蟠曲 coiled; entwined; tortuous
- 盘曲(盤曲) coiled; entwined; tortuous
- 曲率 curvature
- 曲水 Qüxü
- 邻曲时时来(鄰曲時時來) often the neighbours come
- 钢曲尺(鋼曲尺) steel set square (tool to measure right angles)
- 旋转曲面(旋轉曲面) a surface of revolution
- 唱曲 to sing a song
- 曲肱而枕 to use one's bent arm as a pillow; content with simple things
- 前奏曲 prelude
- 金曲奖(金曲獎) Golden Melody Awards
- 扭曲 to twist; to warp; to distort
- 黎曼曲面 Riemann surface
- 小插曲 episode; brief interlude
- 卷曲(捲曲) to curl
- 曲棍 bent stick; hockey stick
- 昆曲(崑曲) Kunqu opera
- 曲线救国(曲線救國) to secretly work for the enemy
- 曲牌 song; folk song
- 曲颈瓶(曲頸瓶) retort; bottle with curved neck
- 曲池穴 Quchi acupoint LI11
- 绮想曲(綺想曲) capriccio
- 曲意 against one's will; willy-nilly
- 角曲尺 miter square (tool to measure angles)
Also contained in
玛曲县 、 吴声歌曲 、 曲阳县 、 河曲县 、 曲靖地区 、 曲阜市 、 那曲地区 、 佳人曲 、 舟曲 、 时代曲 、 曲周县 、 阳曲县 、 散曲 、 曲水县
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- 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 209
- 卷六十九 志第二十: 禮樂三 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Rites and Music 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 134
- 卷四十 志第二十一: 樂下 宗廟樂歌 殿庭樂歌 鼓吹導引曲、采茨曲 Volume 40 Treatises 21: Music 2 - Ancestral Shrine Music and Songs, Palace and Court Music and Songs, Tunes Led by Wind Instruments, Selection of Lyrics and Music History of Jin 金史 — count: 134
- 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 119
- 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 106
- 卷六十八 志第十九: 禮樂二 Volume 68 Treatises 21: Rites and Music 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 88
- 卷六十一 志第三十七 樂一 Volume 61 Treatises 37: Music 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 87
- 卷15 志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 75
- 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 69
- 卷三十九 志第二十: 樂上 雅樂 散樂 鼓吹樂 本朝樂曲 Volume 39 Treatises 20: Music 1 - Formal Music, Court Music, Wind Instrument Music, Our Own Court Music History of Jin 金史 — count: 57
Collocations
- 曲棘 (曲棘) 宋公佐卒于曲棘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
- 成曲 (成曲) 霸王不在成曲 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 6
- 一曲 (一曲) 彼汾一曲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧汾沮洳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Fen Ju Ru — count: 6
- 私曲 (私曲) 公法行而私曲止 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 6
- 曲木 (曲木) 先傅曲木 — Guanzi 管子, 小問第五十一 Chapter 51: Minor Questions — count: 5
- 曲说 (曲說) 可以曲說 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 4
- 曲揖 (曲揖) 每曲揖 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 3
- 曲池 (曲池) 莒子盟于曲池 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
- 曲防 (曲防) 無曲防 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 3
- 曲杖 (曲杖) 周主索曲杖而群臣懼 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 3