Usage of the character 渠
Qú
渠
[渠]
- surname Qu
jù
渠
[渠]
- how can it be that?
qú
渠
[渠]
- (artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條／条 (tiáo))
- (literary) big; great
- (dialect) he; she; him; her
- (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe
héqú
河渠
[河渠]
- rivers and canals
- waterway
shuǐqú
水渠
[水渠]
- canal
gànqú
干渠
[幹渠]
- trunk canal
qúgōu
渠沟
[渠溝]
- trench
míngqú
明渠
[明渠]
- (open, uncovered) water channel
- canal
qúkuí
渠魁
[渠魁]
- rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain
gōuqú
沟渠
[溝渠]
- channel
- moat
- irrigation canal
guànqú
灌渠
[灌渠]
- irrigation channel
Língqú
灵渠
[靈渠]
- Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安／兴安 ( Xīng'ān), Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江／长江 ( Cháng Jiāng) to the Pearl River 珠江 ( Zhūjiāng)
qúdào
渠道
[渠道]
- irrigation ditch
- (fig.) channel
- means
Shíqú
石渠
[石渠]
- Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
- name of several historical figures
shíqú
石渠
[石渠]
- stone channel (e.g. drain)
ànqú
暗渠
[暗渠]
- underground water channel
- covered ditch
- culvert
Qúxiàn
渠县
[渠縣]
- Qu county in Dazhou 達州／达州 ( Dázhōu), Sichuan
Shíqúxiàn
石渠县
[石渠縣]
- Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 ( Gānzī Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Xià Jìngqú
夏敬渠
[夏敬渠]
- Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言 ( Yěsǒu Pùyán) Humble Words of a Rustic Elder
páishuǐqú
排水渠
[排水渠]
- drainage
Shíqúgé
石渠阁
[石渠閣]
- cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經／五经 ( Wǔjīng) as state canon
Wǔjiāqú
五家渠
[五家渠]
- Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Zhèngguóqú
郑国渠
[鄭國渠]
- Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC
guàngàiqú
灌溉渠
[灌溉渠]
- irrigation channel
Wǔjiāqúshì
五家渠市
[五家渠市]
- Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Shíqúgéyì
石渠阁议
[石渠閣議]
- cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經／五经 ( Wǔjīng) as state canon
wěishuǐqúdào
尾水渠道
[尾水渠道]
- outflow channel
shuǐdàoqúchéng
水到渠成
[水到渠成]
- lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)
- fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally