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屈

qū

HSK 5 Character

What 屈 means

1. bent
2. to feel wronged

Other readings

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

• Qūsurname Qu

Example sentences

• 他向权力屈服。
  He succumbed to authority.
• 她屈服于诱惑了。
  She gave in to the temptation.
• 汤姆不会屈服的。
  Tom isn't going to back down.
• 我不会向她屈服。
  I won't give up on her.
• 我宁可死也不屈服。
  Wǒ nìngkě sǐ yě bù qūfú.
  I would rather die than yield.
• 端午节是纪念屈原的。
  Duānwǔjié shì jìniàn Qū Yuán de.
  The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan.

Words starting with 屈

• 屈服qū fúto surrender; to succumb; to yield
• 屈辱qū rǔto humiliate; humiliating
• 屈原Qū YuánQu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at…
• 屈指可数qū zhǐ kě shǔ(lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom); (fig.) very few
• 屈从qū cóngto submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
• 屈指qū zhǐto count on one's fingers
• 屈尊qū zūnto condescend; to deign
• 屈才qū cáito waste talent
• 屈曲qū qūcrooked
• 屈肌qū jīflexor (anatomy)
• 屈体qū tǐto bend at the waist; (fig.) to bow to; (diving) pike position
• 屈光度qū guāng dùdiopter
• 屈公病qū gōng bìngchikungunya fever (Tw)
• 屈折语qū zhé yǔto inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate
• 屈伦博赫Qū lún bó hèCulemborg, city in the Netherlands
• 屈尊俯就qū zūn fǔ jiùto condescend; condescending; patronizing
• 屈打成招qū dǎ chéng zhāoto obtain confessions under torture
• 屈原纪念馆Qū Yuán Jì niàn guǎnQu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭归县
• 屈膝礼qū xī lǐcurtsy
• 屈挠qū náoto surrender; to yield; to flex
• 屈原祠Qū Yuán cíQu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳阳市, Hunan
• 屈戌儿qū qu rstaple (used with a hasp)
• 屈指一算qū zhǐ yī suànto count on one's fingers
• 屈头蛋qū tóu dànsee 鸭仔蛋

Words containing 屈

• 委屈wěi quwronged; aggrieved; to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong…
• 不屈bù qūunyielding; unbending
• 不屈不挠bù qū bù náounyielding; indomitable
• 冤屈yuān qūto treat unjustly; an injustice
• 首屈一指shǒu qū yī zhǐto count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding
• 叫屈jiào qūto complain of an injustice; to lament sb's misfortune
• 抱屈bào qūfeel wronged
• 白屈菜bái qū càigreater celandine
• 坚强不屈jiān qiáng bù qūstaunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
• 坚贞不屈jiān zhēn bù qūfaithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
• 委委屈屈wěi wěi qū qūto feel aggrieved
• 威武不屈wēi wǔ bù qūnot to submit to force
• 宁死不屈nìng sǐ bù qūrather die than submit (idiom)
• 理屈词穷lǐ qū cí qiónglit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom)…
• 能屈能伸néng qū néng shēncan bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes)…
• 鸣冤叫屈míng yuān jiào qūto complain bitterly
• 憋屈biē qūsullen
• 卑躬屈节bēi gōng qū jiéto bow and scrape; to act servilely
• 卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xīto bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
• 大丈夫能屈能伸dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēnA leader can submit or can stand tall as required.; ready to give and take; flexible
• 能伸能屈néng shēn néng qūsee 能屈能伸

Characters built on 出

These share the phonetic component 出 (chū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 础chǔfoundation; base
• 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
• 黜chùto dismiss from office; to expel
• 诎qūto bend; to yield; to exhaust

Characters that look like 屈

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

• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story
• 盈yíngfull; filled; surplus
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 屉tìdrawer; tier; tray

Sounds the same

Read qū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 区area; region; district
• 趋to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 驱to expel; to urge on; to drive
• 曲bent; crooked; wrong
• 躯human body
• 岖used in 崎岖
• 祛sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away
• 蛆maggot
• 蛐used in 蛐蛐; used in 蛐蟮
• 呿to yawn
• 袪sleeve opening
• 黢black; dark