曲 - qǔ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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曲

qǔ

Definition

tune
song

Other pronunciations

曲	qū	bent crooked wrong yeast Aspergillus (includes many common molds) Taiwan pr. [qu2]
曲	qū	bend twist bent crooked wrong

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

農

nóng

peasant; to farm; agriculture; diligent (old); government field official (old)

典

diǎn

canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn

蛐

qū

cricket

Related words (46)

cookie (loanword)

poem for singing; song; melody; tune; music

曲目

qǔ mù

repertoire; program; song; piece of music

folk musical theater

tune; melody

aspergillus

musical composition

to compose (music)

single (music)

famous song; well-known piece of music

to sing a song

nocturne (music)

divertimento (music)

popular song; folk tune; ballad

overture

music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode

散曲

sǎn qǔ

verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing

song

suite (music)

to compose (music); arrangement

dance music

to compose a piece of music

love song

trilogy

symphony

composer; songwriter

composer; song writer

lullaby

prelude (music)

concerto

variation (music)

tetralogy

rondo

waltz

sonata

serenade

episode; brief interlude

lullaby

rhapsody (music)

capriccio (music)

toccata

fugue (loanword)

march (musical)

long poem by 韓信 (-196 BC)

奏鳴曲式

zòu míng qǔ shì

sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music)

小步舞曲

xiǎo bù wǔ qǔ

minuet

Idioms (3)

曲終奏雅

qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ

perfect finish (idiom)

曲高和寡

qǔ gāo hè guǎ

difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow

異曲同工

yì qǔ tóng gōng

different tunes played with equal skill (idiom); different methods leading to the same result; different approach but equally satisfactory outcome

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