冤句

Chinese

		to bend	to curve; to bend
simp. and trad. (冤句)		冤	句

Etymology

In reference to the meandering course of the former Ji River (濟河), which ran through the county.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuānqú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄑㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuānqú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄑㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuancyú
    • Wade–Giles: Yüan¹-chʻü²
    • Yale: Ywān-chyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuanchyu
    • Palladius: Юаньцюй (Juanʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/

Proper noun

冤句

1. (～縣) (historical) Yuanqu (a former county of imperial China, between the Qin or Han and the Song dynasties, in modern-day Mudan, Heze, Shandong)
2. (historical) Yuanqu (the county seat, destroyed by a medieval flood of the Yellow River)

Usage notes

Frequently misread as Yuānjù, especially in English sources.

Synonyms

• 宛朐 (Wǎnqú), 宛句 (Wǎnqú)
• 宛亭 (Wǎntíng) (after 1086)

References

• "冤句音义考" ["Yuānqú Yīnyì Kǎo", "An Inquiry into the Sound and Meaning of Yuanqu"], 《山东方志》 [Shāndōng Fāngzhì, Shandong Local Records], 山东省情网 [Shāndōng Shěng Qíng Wǎng, Shandong Provincial Network], Jinan: Shandong Provincial Archives, 2006. (in Chinese)