Chinese Notes

秋 qiū

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')
qiū noun year
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '秋' n 2; Unihan '秋')
qiū noun a time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 侍候 (Guoyu '秋' n 3)
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)
qiū adjective old and feeble
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 衰老 (Guoyu '秋' adj)

Contained in

春夏秋冬 the four seasons
秋风飒飒(秋風颯颯) the autumn wind is soughing
深秋 late autumn
季秋 the last month of autumn
秋榜 results of the autumn imperial examinations
秋征 autumn levy (tax on harvest)
一雨成秋 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn
春秋代谢(春秋代謝) springs following summers
晚秋 late in the fall; late autumn
立秋 Liqiu
一日三秋 a single day apart seems like three seasons
各有千秋 each has its own merit
打秋风(打秋風) to seek money from rich people
金秋 fall; autumn
秋节(秋節) mid-Autumn ; Mid-Autumn Festival
秋耕 autumn plowing
普通秋沙鸭(普通秋沙鴨) common merganser (Mergus merganser)
秋熟 ripening in autumn (of crops)
秋霜 autumn frost
秋闱(秋闈) autumn exam
冰壶秋月(冰壺秋月) jade ice jug and autumn moon; spotless white and pure
秋播 sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring)
秋收冬藏 harvested in the autumn, stored in the winter
秋收 autumn harvest
哭秋风(哭秋風) autumnal sadness
孟秋 the first month of Autumn
老气横秋(老氣橫秋) arrogant because of one's seniority
秋灌 autumn irrigation
秋风过耳(秋風過耳) as the autumn breeze passes the ear; not in the least concerned
喀秋莎 Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song
秋葵荚(秋葵莢) okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
秋海棠 begonia
秋菜 autumn vegetables
早秋 early autumn
黄秋葵(黃秋葵) okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
张秋(張秋) Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
红胸秋沙鸭(紅胸秋沙鴨) red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
暗送秋波 to cast flirtatious glances at
秋色 colors of autumn; autumn scenery

Also contained in

程砚秋、秋官、晏子春秋、公羊春秋、秋露子、春秋战国时代、春秋内传、春秋时代、汉晋春秋、吕氏春秋、春秋繁露、十六国春秋

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
哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 39
卷六武帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Wu Book of Han 漢書 — 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
秋敛 (秋斂) 秋斂冬藏 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — 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
秋合 (秋合) 秋合諸射 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《燕義》 The Meaning of the Banquet — count: 4
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