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
- 蜷曲 twisted; coiled; curled
- 交响曲(交響曲) symphony
- 迂曲 circuitous; tortuous; roundabout
- 二次曲面 quadric surface
- 曲线论(曲線論) the theory of curves
- 曲颈瓶(曲頸瓶) retort; bottle with curved neck
- 乡曲(鄉曲) remote village
- 双曲面(雙曲面) hyperboloid
- 椭圆曲线(橢圓曲線) elliptic curve
- 曲尺楼梯(曲尺樓梯) staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase
- 万能曲尺(萬能曲尺) universal bevel (to measure angles)
- 双曲拱桥(雙曲拱橋) double arched bridge
- 曲肱而枕 to use one's bent arm as a pillow; content with simple things
- 唱曲 to sing a song
- 酸曲 love song
- 弯曲空间(彎曲空間) curved space
- 圆舞曲(圓舞曲) waltz
- 盘曲(盤曲) coiled; entwined; tortuous
- 奏鸣曲(奏鳴曲) sonata
- 乐曲(樂曲) musical composition
- 曲柄 crank handle
- 曲柄钻(曲柄鑽) hand drill with a crank handle
- 代数曲线(代數曲線) algebraic curve
- 曲捺 flat right concave stroke
- 曲射 curved-trajectory fire; plunging fire
- 零曲率 zero curvature; flat
- 前奏曲 prelude
- 歪曲 to distort
- 酒曲(酒麴) brewer's yeast
- 扭曲 to twist; to warp; to distort
- 曲折 complicated; winding ; to be avoided ; a setback
- 曲别针(曲別針) paper clip
- 曲艺(曲藝) folk musical theater
- 曲射炮(曲射砲) curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
Also contained in
时代曲 、 元曲四大家 、 鹍鸡曲 、 曲靖 、 神曲 、 散曲 、 曲靖地区 、 曲松县 、 曲阜 、 曲阳县 、 曲麻莱县 、 义勇军进行曲 、 曲水县 、 曲先 、 曲阿 、 那曲地区 、 阳曲
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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
- 卷六十九 志第二十: 禮樂三 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Rites and Music 3 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
- 私曲 (私曲) 公法行而私曲止 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — 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
- 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
- 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
- 曲濮 (曲濮) 盟于曲濮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — 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