1. noun a song
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: In the sense of 歌 (CCD '曲' qǔ 2; Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 1; XHZD '曲' qǔ 1, p. 619)
  2. adjective bent; crooked; curved
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 弯曲 (CCD '曲' 1 qū 1; Guoyu '曲' qū adj 1; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1, p. 375; Unihan '曲'; XHZD '曲' qū 1, p. 617)
  3. measure word measure word for tunes or songs
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 3)
  4. verb to bend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 屈 (CCD '曲' 1 qū 2; Guoyu '曲' qū v 1)
  5. adjective wrong; unjust
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '曲' 1 qū 4; Unihan '曲')
  6. proper noun Qu
    Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Genre 体裁
    Notes: Qu is a form of poetry that appeared in the Jin and Yuan dynasties and was characteristic of Old Mandarin (CCD '曲' qǔ 1; Norman 1988, p. 48).
  7. noun a regiment [military]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Hucker 1985 , p. 14)
  8. noun a bend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '曲' 1 qū 3; Guoyu '曲' qū n 1; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qū 2, p. 617)
  9. proper noun Qu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '曲' 1 qū 5; Guoyu '曲' qū n 7; XHZD '曲' qū 5, p. 617)
  10. noun a remote place
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '曲' qū n 4; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 2, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qū 3, p. 617)
  11. noun yeast
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '曲' qū 4, p. 617)
  12. noun tune; music to accompany a song
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: In the sense of 歌曲 (CCD '曲' qǔ 2; Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 1; Kroll 2015 '曲' qǔ 1, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qǔ 2, p. 619)
  13. noun a genre of verse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Popular in the Yuan, called 元曲 (Guoyu '曲' qǔ n 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qǔ 1a, p. 375; XHZD '曲' qǔ 3, p. 619)
  14. noun complexity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 事理不直 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1a, p. 375)
  15. adverb thoroughly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 周全 (Guoyu '曲' qū adv 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1b, p. 375)
  16. adjective unreasonable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不正的 (Guoyu '曲' qū adj 2; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 1c, p. 375)
  17. noun a feeding tray for silkworms
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 养蚕的器具 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 6; Kroll 2015 '曲' qū 3, p. 375)
  18. noun an inner secret; a hidden motive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 心曲 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 3)
  19. noun a part; a portion
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 一部分 (Guoyu '曲' qū n 5)
  20. adjective crooked; vakra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vakra, Japanese: kyoku (BCSD '曲', p. 611; Mahāvyutpatti 'vakraḥ'; MW 'vakra'; SH '曲', p. 213; Unihan '曲')

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 32
  • Scroll 1 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 24
  • Scroll 15 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 22
  • Scroll 117 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 21
  • Scroll 17 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 15
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 14
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 14
  • Scroll 2 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Lun 傳法正宗論 — count: 14
  • Scroll 1 Si Shamen Xuan Zang Shang Biao Ji 寺沙門玄奘上表記 — count: 14
  • Scroll 15 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 13

Collocations

  • 曲箱 (曲箱) 其門上有曲箱蓋 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 1 — count: 19
  • 树曲 (樹曲) 有樹曲合如交露 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 4 — count: 9
  • 曲枝 (曲枝) 樹垂曲枝 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 7 — count: 7
  • 曲戾 (曲戾) 若並生曲戾惡不直者 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 50 — count: 7
  • 身曲 (身曲) 身曲脚戾 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
  • 街曲 (街曲) 城中街曲大樂 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 意曲 (意曲) 二者依意曲離 — Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation (Qi Chu San Guan Jing) 七處三觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 背曲 (背曲) 膊傴背曲 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 曲荫 (曲蔭) 樹不曲蔭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 4
  • 曲脚 (曲腳) 身曲脚戾 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 4