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渠

qú

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What 渠 means

1. (artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch
2. literarybig; great
3. dialecthe; she; him; her
4. oldrim of a carriage wheel; felloe

Other readings

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

• jùhow can it be that?
• Qúsurname Qu

Example sentences

• 网络是一个相通的渠道，而不是物质或具体的活动。
  Wǎngluò shì yī gè xiāngtōng de qúdào, ér bù shì wùzhì huò jùtǐ de huódòng.
  It’s a communication medium, not a substance or specific activity.
• 孔子说："像夏禹的为人，我找不到可以指责的漏洞。自己吃着菲薄的饮食，而却用丰厚祭品祭拜祖先与神明；自己平时穿粗劣的衣裳，而在祭祀时穿戴华服礼帽；自己住小房子，却尽力开通水道沟渠。像夏禹这样的人，我实在找不到可以指责的漏洞了。"
  Confucius said: " Yu the Great's conduct, I could not point out any flaws. He consumes meager amount of food, while offering boastful riches to the Gods and ancestors; He always don the crudest attire, but wears lavish garments when worshipping; He resides in a small house, yet forges water ways and ditches with all his might. Figures like Yu the Great, I honestly cannot point out any reprehensible flaws."

Words starting with 渠

• 渠道qú dàoirrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
• 渠沟qú gōutrench
• 渠县Qú XiànQu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 达州市
• 渠魁qú kuírebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain

Words containing 渠

• 水到渠成shuǐ dào qú chénglit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right…
• 水渠shuǐ qúcanal
• 沟渠gōu qúchannel; moat; irrigation canal
• 干渠gàn qútrunk canal
• 明渠míng qú(open, uncovered) water channel; canal
• 暗渠àn qúunderground water channel; covered ditch; culvert
• 河渠hé qúrivers and canals; waterway
• 灵渠Líng qúLingqu, canal in Xing'an county 兴安
• 夏敬渠Xià Jìng qúXia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言
• 排水渠pái shuǐ qúdrainage
• 石渠县Shí qú XiànSêrxü, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 石渠阁Shí qú gécabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五经
• 尾水渠道wěi shuǐ qú dàooutflow channel
• 石渠阁议Shí qú gé yìcabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五经
• 灌渠guàn qúirrigation channel
• 郑国渠Zhèng guó qúZhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC
• 灌溉渠guàn gài qúirrigation channel
• 五家渠Wǔ jiā qúWujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh…
• 五家渠市Wǔ jiā qú shìWujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh…
• 石渠shí qústone channel (e.g. drain)

Characters built on 木

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

• 术shùmethod; technique
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 柱zhùpillar
• 橱chúwardrobe; closet; cabinet
• 朴pǔ(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)

Characters that look like 渠

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

• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 巢cháonest
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 琵písee 琵琶, pipa lute
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle

Sounds the same

Read qú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瞿startled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 衢thoroughfare
• 佢(Cantonese) he, she, it
• 胊yoke
• 鼩used in 鼩鼱
• 磲used in 砗磲
• 劬labor
• 璩(jade ring)
• 蠼used in 蠼螋
• 癯thin; emaciated; worn
• 鸲(bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts)
• 蕖lotus