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屈
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- 屈
- qū · bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch
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Mandarin tones
1 · qu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwat6 · wat1
Cantonese word readings for 屈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to bend; to flex
- bent; crooked
- to condescend
- to submit; to yield
- to subdue; to cause to submit
- to treat unjustly; to wrong
- to be in the wrong
- (Cantonese) to frame; to accuse
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) short for 屈機／屈机
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to restrict; to restrain; to constrain
- a surname
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use up; to exhaust
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 倔 (“stubborn; obstinate”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 崛 (jué, “exotic”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 崛 (jué, “to rise abruptly”)
character
- only used in 屈狄 (quèdí, “a kind of noblewomen's clothing in ancient China”)
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