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秋

qiū

HSK 3 Character

What 秋 means

1. autumn
2. fall
3. harvest time

Other readings

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

• qiūused in {秋千|qiū qiān}
• Qiūsurname Qiu
• qiūold variant of {秋|qiū}

Example sentences

• 秋天到了。
  Autumn is here.
• 我爱秋天。
  I love autumn.
• 秋天秋叶落。
  Qiūtiān qiūyè luò.
  Leaves fall in the autumn.
• 现在是秋天。
  It's fall now.
• 中秋节快乐。
  Happy Moon Festival!
• 秋天风很大。
  It's windy in the autumn.

Words starting with 秋

• 秋天qiū tiānautumn
• 秋季qiū jìautumn; fall
• 秋千qiū qiānswing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
• 秋日qiū rìautumn; fall
• 秋水qiū shuǐlimpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
• 秋雨qiū yǔautumn rain
• 秋叶qiū yèautumn leaf
• 秋色qiū sècolors of autumn; autumn scenery
• 秋收qiū shōufall harvest; to reap
• 秋波qiū bōautumn ripples; (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman; amorous glance
• 秋高气爽qiū gāo qì shuǎngclear and refreshing autumn weather
• 秋分Qiū fēnQiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 23rd September-7th October
• 秋游qiū yóuautumn outing; autumn excursion
• 秋令qiū lìngautumn; autumn weather
• 秋审qiū shěnautumn trial (judicial hearing of capital cases during Ming and Qing)
• 秋征qiū zhēngautumn levy (tax on harvest)
• 秋播qiū bōsowing in autumn (for a crop in spring)
• 秋景qiū jǐngautumn scenery; harvest season
• 秋毫qiū háofine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall…
• 秋熟qiū shúripening in autumn (of crops)
• 秋田Qiū tiánAkita (prefecture and city in Japan); Akita dog (abbr. for 秋田犬
• 秋粮qiū liángautumn grain crops
• 秋菜qiū càiautumn vegetables
• 秋衣qiū yīlong underwear

Words containing 秋

• 春秋chūn qiūspring and autumn; four seasons; year
• 中秋Zhōng qiūthe Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th…
• 中秋节Zhōng qiū jiéthe Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
• 深秋shēn qiūlate autumn
• 瞿秋白Qú Qiū báiQu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of…
• 金秋jīn qiūfall; autumn
• 千秋qiān qiūa thousand years; your birthday (honorific)
• 立秋Lì qiūLiqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 7th-22nd August
• 春夏秋冬chūn xià qiū dōngthe four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
• 初秋chū qiūearly autumn; 7th month of the lunar calendar
• 各有千秋gè yǒu qiān qiūeach has its own merits (idiom)
• 程砚秋Chéng Yàn qiūCheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅兰芳
• 荡秋千dàng qiū qiānto swing (on a swing)
• 仲秋zhòng qiūsecond month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar
• 嘴秋zuǐ qiū(Taiwan; colloquial) mouthy; cocky and verbally provocative
• 张秋Zhāng QiūCho Chang (Harry Potter)
• 早秋zǎo qiūearly autumn
• 麦秋mài qiūharvest season
• 哭秋风kū qiū fēngautumnal sadness
• 送秋波sòng qiū bōto cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
• 公羊春秋Gōng yáng Chūn qiūMr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋
• 冰壶秋月bīng hú qiū yuèjade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 苏东坡)…
• 多事之秋duō shì zhī qiū(idiom) troubled times; eventful period
• 左氏春秋Zuǒ shì Chūn qiūMr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明…

Characters built on 火

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

• 灸jiǔmoxibustion (TCM)
• 熘liūquick-fry; sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added; also written 溜

Characters that look like 秋

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

• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 耿gěng(literary) bright; brilliant; honest; upright
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 脓nóngpus

Sounds the same

Read qiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丘mound; hillock; grave
• 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