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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Qú | Qu2
English translation
surname Qu
big
stream or canal
drain
ditch
CL: tiáo
> tiáo [tiáo]
him (dialect)
outer rim of a carriage wheel (old)
ditch, gutter; canal, channel
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jù | ju4
English translation
how can it be that?

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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A ditch  made of wood  also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

洰木

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流速 liú sù de 摆锤有时 yǒu shí 用于 yòng yú 确定 quèdìng 明渠 míng qú Zhōng 的流速.

The hydrometric pendulum is sometimes used to determine flow velocities in open channels.

gěi 自己 zìjǐ 留出选择 xuǎnzé de 余地 yú dì 一切 yīqiè 将会 jiāng huì 水到渠成 shuǐ dào qú chéng

Keep your options open and everything will fall into place.

人们 rén men 发现 fāxiàn bèi 斩首 zhǎn shǒu de 尸体 shītǐ 漂浮 piāofú zài 一条水渠 shuǐ qú

His decapitated body was found floating in a canal.

通过 tōngguò 官方 guānfāng 渠道 qúdào shì 压根儿 yà gēn r 搞不到 piào de .

You simply can't get a ticket through official channels.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
渠道 qúdào means渠道 qúdào
水到渠成 shuǐ dào qú chéng lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)水到渠成 shuǐ dào qú chéng
big
沟渠 gōu qú channel溝渠
水渠 shuǐ qú canal水渠 shuǐ qú
干渠 gàn qú trunk canal幹渠
明渠 míng qú canal明渠 míng qú
河渠 hé qú waterway河渠 hé qú
渠县 Qú xiàn Qu county in Dazhou 達州|达州 Dá zhōu [Dá​zhōu], Sichuan渠縣
灌渠 guàn qú irrigation channel灌渠 guàn qú
石渠 Shí qú name of several historical figures石渠 Shí qú
暗渠 àn qú culvert暗渠 àn qú
灵渠 Líng qú Lingqu canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安 Xīng ān , Guanxi, build in 214 BC to join Changjiang 長江|长江 ChángJiāng with Pearl River 珠江 Zhū jiāng 靈渠
五家渠 Wǔ jiā qú Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang五家渠 Wǔ jiā qú
郑国渠 Zhèng guó qú Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC鄭國渠
石渠县 Shí qú xiàn Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [Gān​zī​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)石渠縣
五家渠市 Wǔ jiā qú shì Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang五家渠市 Wǔ jiā qú shì
渠魁 qú kuí rebel leader渠魁 qú kuí

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