曲子

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (曲子)		曲	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qǔzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чүзы (čüzɨ, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ zi²

• Gan (Wiktionary): qiuh⁶ zi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chyǔ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu.tzy
    • Palladius: цюйцзы (cjujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чүзы (čüzɨ, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ zi²
    • Yale: kūk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiuh⁶ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiuʔ⁵ t͡sz̩²/

Noun

曲子

1. tune; melody; song; piece (Classifier: 首 m)

   一首曲子要練多久才能彈好？ [MSC, trad.]
   一首曲子要练多久才能弹好？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yī shǒu qǔzi yào liàn duōjiǔ cái néng tán hǎo? [Pinyin]

   How much practice is required to play a piece well?

See also

• 歌曲 (gēqǔ)
• 曲調／曲调 (qǔdiào)