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曲

Mandarin · pinyin qū#

bent
crooked
wrong

Mandarin · pinyin qǔ#

tune
song
Classifier: 支 zhī

Mandarin · pinyin Qū#

surname Qu

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曲: qū · crooked, bent; wrong, false

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kuk1

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character · Etymology 1

not straight; bent — twisting
not straight; bent — curved
not straight; bent — crooked
wrong; not right
(Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly Internet slang) mocking; ridiculing; /s
a surname
Used in names of rivers in Tibet and surrounding regions.

character · Etymology 1

song
Qu (poetry)

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