1. noun channel; canal; drain; ditch
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 水道, as in 沟渠; especially a man-made structure (ABC 'qú' 渠 n, p. 749; Guoyu '渠' n 1; Kroll 2015 '渠' 1, p. 377; Unihan '渠'; XHZD '渠' 1, p. 619)
  2. adjective big
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 大 (ABC 'qú' 渠 sv, p. 749; Guoyu '渠' adj; Kroll 2015 '渠' 3a, p. 377; XHZD '渠' 2, p. 619)
  3. pronoun he; she
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 渠 was used as a third person pronoun in postclassical Chinese (ABC 'qú' 渠 pr, p. 749; Guoyu '渠' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '渠' 4, p. 377; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 80; XHZD '渠' 3, p. 619)
  4. particle interrogative particle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 渠 may be used to from questions, like simplified 岂, traditional 豈, in Classical Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 144).
  5. noun the part of a wheel that spokes are fitted into
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '渠' 2, p. 377)
  6. noun a shield
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '渠' 3, p. 377)
  7. proper noun Qu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '渠' n 2)
  8. noun a watercourse; praṇālī
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: praṇālī, Japanese: kyo (BCSD '減', p. 736; MW 'praṇālī'; Unihan '渠')

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  • Scroll 20 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 19
  • Scroll 14 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 18
  • Scroll 37 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 16
  • Scroll 58 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 16
  • Scroll 1 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 15
  • Scroll 14 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 12
  • Scroll 48 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 12
  • Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 12
  • Scroll 46 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 12
  • Scroll 26 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 11

Collocations

  • 渠流 (渠流) 渠流皆悉乾竭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 21
  • 渠水 (渠水) 有七重渠水 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 3 — count: 18
  • 车渠 (車渠) 車渠馬瑙 — The Lotus Sutra (Tian Pin Miaofa Lianhua Jing) - alternate translation 添品妙法蓮華經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
  • 渠竭 (渠竭) 呵呵紂呵紂呵紂伽伽紂渠竭 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 53 — count: 9
  • 离渠 (離渠) 名祇離渠呵 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 48 — count: 7
  • 流渠 (流渠) 又善法堂側有七流渠 — Ding Sheng Wang Yinyuan Jing (Mandhātāvadāna) 頂生王因緣經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
  • 兴渠 (興渠) 或食內有興渠臭熏諸辛味等 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 24 — count: 5
  • 七渠 (七渠) 有七渠水 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
  • 渠河 (渠河) 池渠河等 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 17 — count: 5
  • 渠马瑙 (渠馬瑙) 車渠馬瑙 — The Lotus Sutra (Tian Pin Miaofa Lianhua Jing) - alternate translation 添品妙法蓮華經, Scroll 2 — count: 4