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丘

qiū

HSK 6 Character

What 丘 means

1. mound
2. hillock
3. grave
4. classifier for fields

Other readings

丘 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiūhillock; mound (variant of {丘|qiū})
• Qiūsurname Qiu

Example sentences

• 学校在山丘顶上。
  Xuéxiào zài shānqiū dǐngshàng.
  The school is on top of the hill.
• 学校在小丘上面。
  Xuéxiào zài xiǎoqiū shàngmian.
  The school is on the hill.
• 咱俩是一丘之貉。
  We're birds of a feather.
• 孩子们跑下了山丘。
  Háizimen pǎo xià le shānqiū.
  The children ran down the hill.
• 河在山丘的另一端。
  Hé zài shānqiū de lìngyī duān.
  The river's on the other side of the hill.
• 咱俩也就是一丘之貉。
  Zánliǎ yějiùshì yīqiūzhīhé.
  Apparently we're just two peas in a pod.

Words starting with 丘

• 丘陵qiū línghills
• 丘比特Qiū bǐ tèCupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
• 丘县Qiū xiànQiu county in Hebei
• 丘脑qiū nǎothalamus
• 丘北县Qiū běi XiànQiubei, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州
• 丘脑损伤qiū nǎo sǔn shāngthalamic lesions
• 丘疹qiū zhěnpimple
• 丘逢甲Qiū Féng jiǎQiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
• 丘成桐Qiū Chéng tóngShing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
• 丘壑qiū hèhills and valleys; remote, secluded area
• 丘鹬qiū yù(bird species of China) Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
• 丘八qiū bāsoldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.)
• 丘尔金Qiū ěr jīnChurkin (name); Vitaly I. Churkin (1952-), Russian diplomat, Ambassador to UN from 2006
• 丘吉尔Qiū jí ěrvariant of 邱吉尔
• 丘北Qiū běisee 丘北县

Words containing 丘

• 比丘bǐ qiūBuddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
• 沙丘shā qiūsand dune; sandy hill
• 山丘shān qiūhill
• 土丘tǔ qiūmound; hillock; barrow
• 低丘dī qiūhilly (geography)
• 孔丘Kǒng QiūConfucius
• 小丘xiǎo qiūhill; knoll
• 贝丘bèi qiūshell mound
• 下丘脑xià qiū nǎohypothalamus (anatomy)
• 下视丘xià shì qiū(anatomy) hypothalamus (Tw)
• 任丘市Rén qiū ShìRenqiu, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 沧州市
• 内丘县Nèi qiū XiànNeiqiu, a county in Xingtai City 邢台市
• 商丘市Shāng qiū ShìShangqiu, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
• 墨丘利Mò qiū lìMercury (Roman god)
• 安丘市Ān qiū ShìAnqiu, a county-level city in Weifang City 潍坊市
• 封丘县Fēng qiū XiànFengqiu, a county in Xinxiang City 新乡市
• 左丘明Zuǒ Qiū míngZuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 鲁国
• 比丘尼bǐ qiū níBuddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
• 章丘区Zhāng qiū QūZhangqiu, a district of Jinan City 济南市
• 虎丘区Hǔ qiū QūHuqiu, a district of Suzhou City 苏州市
• 灵丘县Líng qiū XiànLingqiu, a county in Datong City 大同市
• 灰岩残丘huī yán cán qiūmogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform)
• 马丘比丘Mǎ qiū Bǐ qiūMachu Picchu
• 克拉夫丘克Kè lā fū qiū kèLeonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994

Characters that look like 丘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě
• 丑chǒuclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year…
• 亘gènextending all the way across; running all the way through
• 五wǔfive; 5

Sounds the same

Read qiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秋autumn; fall; harvest time
• 龟used in 龟兹
• 蚯used in 蚯蚓
• 鳅loach (family Cobitidae); used in 鲯鳅
• 萩Lespedeza bicolor
• 楸Catalpa; Mallotus japonicus
• 恘meaning uncertain, related to 戾
• 鞧crupper; leather strap; (dialect) to draw back
• 邱surname Qiu
• 丠old variant of 丘
• 鹙see 鹙鹭
• 龝old variant of 秋