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曲

qǔ

HSK 6 Character Measure word 支

What 曲 means

1. tune
2. song

Other readings

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

• qūbent; crooked; wrong
• qūfermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or
• Qūsurname Qu
• qūvariant of {曲|qū}

Example sentences

• 他在做曲奇。
  He is making cookies.
• 我烤了曲奇。
  I baked cookies.
• 汤姆喜欢曲棍球。
  Tāngmǔ xǐhuan qūgùnqiú.
  Tom loves hockey.
• 给我弹一曲肖邦。
  Gěi wǒ tán yī qǔ Xiāobāng.
  Play Chopin for me.
• 妈妈周日烤曲奇。
  Mother bakes cookies on Sundays.
• 这首曲子是大调。
  This piece is in a major key.

Words starting with 曲

• 曲子qǔ zipoem for singing; tune; music
• 曲折qū zhéwinding; (fig.) complicated
• 曲线qū xiàncurve; curved line; indirect
• 曲目qǔ mùrepertoire; program; song
• 曲调qǔ diàotune; melody
• 曲风qǔ fēngmusic style; music genre
• 曲艺qǔ yìfolk musical theater
• 曲解qū jiěto misrepresent; to misinterpret
• 曲奇qū qícookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4)
• 曲射qū shè(military) curved-trajectory fire; plunging fire
• 曲度qū dùcurvature
• 曲意qū yìagainst one's will; willy-nilly
• 曲率qū lǜ(math) curvature
• 曲直qū zhílit. crooked and straight; fig. right and wrong, good and evil
• 曲面qū miàncurved surface; surface
• 曲别针qū bié zhēnpaper clip
• 曲线图qū xiàn túline graph; line diagram
• 曲线论qū xiàn lùnthe theory of curves
• 曲面论qū miàn lùnthe theory of surfaces
• 曲率向量qū lǜ xiàng liàngcurvature vector
• 曲线拟合qū xiàn nǐ hécurve fitting
• 曲线救国qū xiàn jiù guó…
• 曲笔qū bǐfalsification in writing; misrepresentation in written history; deliberate digression
• 曲尺qū chǐset square (tool to measure right angles)

Words containing 曲

• 歪曲wāi qūto distort; to misrepresent
• 歌曲gē qǔsong
• 扭曲niǔ qūto twist; to warp; to distort
• 戏曲xì qǔChinese opera
• 乐曲yuè qǔmusical composition
• 插曲chā qǔmusic played during a movie, play etc; incidental music…
• 弯曲wān qūto bend; to curve around; curved
• 作曲zuò qǔto compose (music)
• 作曲家zuò qǔ jiācomposer; songwriter
• 主题曲zhǔ tí qǔtheme song
• 舞曲wǔ qǔdance music
• 交响曲jiāo xiǎng qǔsymphony
• 三部曲sān bù qǔtrilogy; (fig.) three-stage process; three-part progression
• 协奏曲xié zòu qǔconcerto
• 进行曲jìn xíng qǔmarch (musical)
• 编曲biān qǔto compose (music); arrangement
• 昆曲Kūn qǔKunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan…
• 弯弯曲曲wān wān qū qūcurved; meandering; zigzagging
• 小曲xiǎo qǔpopular song; folk tune; ballad
• 名曲míng qǔfamous song; well-known piece of music
• 序曲xù qǔoverture
• 异曲同工yì qǔ tóng gōngdifferent tunes played with equal skill (idiom); different methods leading to the same…
• 文曲星Wén qǔ xīngconstellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius…
• 奏鸣曲zòu míng qǔsonata

Characters that look like 曲

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

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 劫jiéto rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 佘Shésurname She

Sounds the same

Read qǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 取to take; to get; to choose
• 娶to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
• 龋decayed teeth; dental caries
• 苣used in 苣荬菜; Taiwan pr. jù