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麯

qū

yeast, leaven

Strokes
17
Radical
麥
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 曲

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 曲, the simplified form of 麯. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 你听过这首曲子吗?

    Nǐ tīng guò zhè shǒu qǔ zi ma

    Have you listened to this song?

  • 他在做曲奇。

    Tā zài zuò qǔ qí

    He is making cookies.

  • 这首曲子是大调。

    Zhè shǒu qǔ zi shì dà diào

    This piece is in a major key.

  • 她给孩子们做了曲奇。

    Tā gěi hái zi men zuò le qǔ qí

    She made cookies for the children.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 曲

  • 歌曲gē qǔ 1–3 song
  • 弯曲wān qū 1–1 to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
  • 曲子qǔ zi 3–5poem for singing; tune; music
  • 曲折qū zhé 1–2 winding; (fig.) complicated
  • 歪曲wāi qū 1–1 to distort; to misrepresent
  • 乐曲yuè qǔ 4–3 musical composition
  • 戏曲xì qǔ 4–3 Chinese opera
  • 曲qū 1bent; crooked; wrong
  • 曲线qū xiàn 1–4 curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way
  • 扭曲niǔ qū 3–1 to twist; to warp; to distort
  • 小曲xiǎo qǔ 3–3 → 2–3popular song; folk tune; ballad
  • 曲qǔ 3tune; song