秋 qiū

1. qiū noun fall; autumn
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Season 季节
   Notes: (Barnes 2007, p. 31; Guoyu '秋' n 1; Unihan '秋')
2. qiū noun year
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '秋' n 2; Unihan '秋')
3. qiū noun a time
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 侍候 (Guoyu '秋' n 3)
4. qiū proper noun Qiu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: In the sense of 侍候 (Guoyu '秋' n 4)
5. qiū adjective old and feeble
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 衰老 (Guoyu '秋' adj)

Contained in

• 秋风送爽(秋風送爽) the cool autumn breeze
• 秋后算帐(秋後算帳) settling accounts after the autumn harvest; to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts
• 张秋(張秋) Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
• 平分秋色 to both share the limelight
• 秋千(鞦韆) swing; seesaw; trapeze
• 秋分 Qiufeng
• 中秋节(中秋節) Mid-Autumn Festival
• 冰壶秋月(冰壺秋月) jade ice jug and autumn moon; spotless white and pure
• 秋色 colors of autumn; autumn scenery
• 秋波 autumn ripples; (figuratively) luminous eyes of a woman; amorous glance
• 深秋 late autumn
• 金秋 fall; autumn
• 秋狝(秋獮) a hunting party
• 秋刀鱼(秋刀魚) Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
• 秋节(秋節) mid-Autumn ; Mid-Autumn Festival
• 明察秋毫 seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn; sensitive to the finest detail; to distinguish right and wrong with acuity; omniscient
• 秋裤(秋褲) long underwear pants
• 春秋 Spring and Autumn Period ; a person's age ; Chunqiu; Annals of Spring and Autumn ; spring and autumn
• 黄不溜秋(黃不溜秋) yellowish; dirty yellow
• 秋后算账(秋後算賬) to settle accounts after autumn; settle scores at an opportune moment
• 秋耕 autumn plowing
• 蟪蛄不知春秋 short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; to see only a small piece of the big picture
• 秋荼密网(秋荼密網) flowering autumn grass, fine net; abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
• 盈盈秋水 clear autumn water; a woman's tears
• 秋日 autumn sun ; autumn days
• 麦秋(麥秋) harvest season
• 黄秋葵(黃秋葵) okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
• 春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏(春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏) sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter
• 仲秋 second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar
• 万古千秋(萬古千秋) for all eternity
• 秋高气爽(秋高氣爽) clear and refreshing autumn weather
• 中秋 the Mid-autumn festival
• 秋叶(秋葉) autumn leaf
• 红胸秋沙鸭(紅胸秋沙鴨) red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
• 打秋千(打鞦韆) to swing
• 秋季 autumn; fall

Also contained in

春秋左氏传 、 秋审 、 汉晋春秋 、 秋田县 、 左氏春秋 、 春秋五霸 、 春秋潜潭巴 、 秋声赋 、 晏子春秋 、 吴越春秋 、 十国春秋 、 悲秋伤春 、 库尔干秋别 、 悲秋 、 春秋战国时代

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 67
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 65
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 64
• 莊公 Lord Zhang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 56
• 卷三十六　　　　志第二十六　　五行三 Volume 36 Treatises 30: Five Elements 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 51
• 卷二　　魏本紀第二:　　世祖太武帝 恭宗景穆帝 高宗文成帝 顯祖獻文帝 Volume 2 Wei Annals 2: Emperor Gaozu Taiwu, Emperor Gongzong Jingmu, Emperor Gaozong Wencheng, Emperor Xianzu Xianwen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 42
• 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 41
• 卷六 武帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 39
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 39
• 文公 Lord Wen The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 37

Collocations

• 秋七月 (秋七月) 秋七月 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 27
• 秋政 (秋政) 發秋政 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭統》 A Summary Account of Sacrifices — count: 12
• 行秋 (行秋) 行秋政 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 9
• 秋行 (秋行) 秋行犢麛 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 6
• 秋冬 (秋冬) 秋冬報也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧豐年 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Feng Nian — count: 5
• 秋豪 (秋豪) 神託於秋豪之末 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 5
• 秋曰 (秋曰) 秋曰搜 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
• 秋敛 (秋斂) 秋斂冬藏 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 5
• 秋九月 (秋九月) 秋九月丁亥 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
• 秋时 (秋時) 醬齊視秋時 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 4