秋 qiū

autumn, fall; year

HSK 3 #1151

DEFINITIONS

  • autumn, fall
  • year
  • surname Qiu
  • autumn
  • fall
  • harvest time
  • old variant of 秋[qiu1]
  • see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

STROKES

WORDS

秋天 qiū tiān autumn; CL:個|个[ge4]
秋季 qiū jì autumn; fall
秋千 qiū qiān swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
荡秋千 dàng qiū qiān to swing (on a swing)
千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)
秋叶 qiū yè autumn leaf
秋波 qiū bō autumn ripples; (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman; amorous glance
秋田 qiū tián Akita prefecture of north Japan
春秋 chūn qiū Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC); spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
秋葵 qiū kuí okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
秋收 qiū shōu fall harvest; to reap
各有千秋 gè yǒu qiān qiū each has its own merits (idiom)
秋水 qiū shuǐ limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
金秋 jīn qiū fall; autumn
平分秋色 píng fēn qiū sè to both share the limelight; to both have an equal share of
老气横秋 lǎo qì héng qiū old and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
多事之秋 duō shì zhī qiū troubled times; eventful period
秋后算账 qiū hòu suàn zhàng lit. to settle accounts after autumn; settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom)
秋色 qiū sè colors of autumn; autumn scenery
中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
明察秋毫 míng chá qiū háo lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
深秋 shēn qiū late autumn
秋令 qiū lìng autumn; autumn weather
秋分 qiū fēn Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October
秋田县 qiū tián xiàn Akita prefecture, northeast Japan
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