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

• 老气横秋(老氣橫秋) arrogant because of one's seniority
• 秋收 autumn harvest
• 秋葵 okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
• 秋风飒飒(秋風颯颯) the autumn wind is soughing
• 秋熟 ripening in autumn (of crops)
• 秋节(秋節) mid-Autumn ; Mid-Autumn Festival
• 中秋 the Mid-autumn festival
• 季秋 the last month of autumn
• 秋收冬藏 harvested in the autumn, stored in the winter
• 杜秋娘歌 Song of Lady Du Qiu
• 秋风度河上(秋風度河上) the river swept by autumn breeze
• 千秋万代(千秋萬代) throughout the ages
• 中秋节(中秋節) Mid-Autumn Festival
• 秋风送爽(秋風送爽) the cool autumn breeze
• 春秋鼎盛 the prime of one's life
• 蟪蛄不知春秋 short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; to see only a small piece of the big picture
• 立秋 Liqiu
• 春秋 Spring and Autumn Period ; a person's age ; Chunqiu; Annals of Spring and Autumn ; spring and autumn
• 春祈秋报(春祈秋報) in spring to pray for a plentiful harvest in the fall
• 万代千秋(萬代千秋) after innumerable ages
• 秋菜 autumn vegetables
• 秋毫无犯(秋毫無犯) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offence against civilians
• 一叶知秋(一葉知秋) the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn; a small sign can indicate a great trend; a straw in the wind
• 秋风过耳(秋風過耳) as the autumn breeze passes the ear; not in the least concerned
• 秋分 Qiufeng
• 秋征 autumn levy (tax on harvest)
• 秋雨 autumn rain
• 秋季 autumn; fall
• 秋播 sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring)
• 秋刀鱼(秋刀魚) Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
• 黄秋葵(黃秋葵) okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
• 一日三秋 a single day apart seems like three seasons
• 秋粮(秋糧) autumn grain crops
• 秋狝(秋獮) a hunting party
• 秋衣 long underwear
• 秋燥 autumn dryness disease (TCM)
• 喀秋莎 Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song

Also contained in

秋试 、 秋声赋 、 左氏春秋 、 春秋时代 、 吴越春秋 、 春秋五霸 、 十六国春秋 、 千秋节 、 秋田县 、 秋叶原 、 汉晋春秋 、 悲秋伤春 、 春秋谷梁传 、 秋官

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
• 秋尝 (秋嘗) 故春禘而秋嘗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 4
• 泰秋 (泰秋) 泰秋 — Guanzi 管子, 山國軌第七十四 Chapter 74: State Roadways in Mountainous Areas — count: 4