Initial:qVideo guide
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Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
6
Traditional:
麯
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ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
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n.song; tune; melody
我们去听一首曲吧。
Let's go to listen to a piece of music.
你更喜欢哪首曲？
Which song do you prefer?
挑一首你喜欢的曲听吧。
Pick a song you like and listen to it.
synonym
- 2
n.(of a song) music
这是他作的曲。
This song was composed by him.
这首诗被谱了曲。
The poem has been set to music
谁写了这首曲？
Who wrote this song?
- 3
n.qu (a type of verse for singing, which emerged in the Southern Song and Jin dynasties and became popular in the Yuan Dynasty)
Words and phrases with 曲
- 曲谱[word]collection of tunes of qu verse; music score of Chinese operas
- 曲坛[word]circles of Chinese vocal folk art
- 曲调[word]melody
- 曲牌[word]name of the tune to which a qu poem is composed
- 曲风[word]style of singing
- 曲剧[word]quju, a kind of opera derived from ballad singing; Beijing quju, a form of Beijing opera derived from ballad singing
- 曲艺剧[word]folk vocal art forms rich in local flavor, including ballad singing, story-telling, comic dialogues, clapper talks, cross talks, etc.
- 曲艺[word]vocal folk art forms such as ballad singing, story telling and comic dialogues
- 曲协[word]Ballad Singers Association
- 曲高和寡[idiom]highbrow songs find few singers
- 曲终奏雅[idiom]grand finale
- 曲终人散[idiom]sadness following joyful reunion
Word usage
- NoteWhen prouncd as "qǔ", "曲" refers to songs, etc.; when pronunced as "qū", it is used more widely, referring to certain things as well as bending, twists, and irregularities.
- common measure word"曲" is often matched with measure word "支".
一支曲
one song