qú

渠 (qú) is a Chinese word meaning “(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]); (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him; her”.

Meanings

  1. 1(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2])
  2. 2(literary) big; great
  3. 3(dialect) he; she; him; her
  4. 4(old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe

Related words

渠道irrigation ditch水到渠成lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)沟渠channel渠how can it be that?渠surname Qu水渠canal灌渠irrigation channel尾水渠道outflow channel干渠trunk canal排水渠drainage明渠(open, uncovered) water channel暗渠underground water channel

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