ReadWriteQuiz

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  • 1

    n.song; tune; melody

    • wǒ men qù tīng yī shǒu qǔ ba

      我们

      Let's go to listen to a piece of music.

    • nǐ gèng xǐ huan nǎ shǒu qǔ

      喜欢

      Which song do you prefer?

    • tiǎo yī shǒu nǐ xǐ huan de qǔ tīng ba

      喜欢

      Pick a song you like and listen to it.

    synonym
  • 2

    n.(of a song) music

    • zhè shì tā zuò de qǔ

      This song was composed by him.

    • zhè shǒu shī bèi pǔ le qǔ

      The poem has been set to music

    • shuí xiě le zhè shǒu qǔ

      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

  • 曲艺剧
    [word]folk vocal art forms rich in local flavor, including ballad singing, story-telling, comic dialogues, clapper talks, cross talks, etc.
  • 曲目
    [word]repertoire
  • 曲剧
    [word]quju, a kind of opera derived from ballad singing; Beijing quju, a form of Beijing opera derived from ballad singing
  • 曲体学
    [word]music form
  • 曲牌
    [word]name of the tune to which a qu poem is composed
  • 曲会
    [word]joint performance of quyi
  • 曲风
    [word]style of singing
  • 曲子
    [word]tune
  • 曲调
    [word]melody
  • 曲终奏雅
    [idiom]grand finale
  • 曲终人散
    [idiom]sadness following joyful reunion
  • 曲高和寡
    [idiom]highbrow songs find few singers

Word usage

  • Note
    When 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.
  • "曲" is often matched with measure word "支".
    • one song

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