丘 (qiū): mound, hillock, grave
丘 (qiū) is a Chinese character meaning “mound.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 斤 (structural) and 一 (structural). It ranks #1905 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 丘 two hills. Its radical form 一 (one) appears in many related characters such as 一 (yī, one), 七 (qī, seven), 三 (sān, three).
Definitions
- mound
- hillock
- grave
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山丘 | shān qiū | hill |
| 沙丘 | shā qiū | sand dune |
| 丘吉尔 | qiū jí ěr | variant of 邱吉爾|邱吉尔[Qiu1 ji2 er3] |
| 下丘脑 | xià qiū nǎo | hypothalamus (anatomy) |
| 丘陵 | qiū líng | hills |
| 马丘比丘 | mǎ qiū bǐ qiū | Machu Picchu |
| 土丘 | tǔ qiū | mound |
| 丘疹 | qiū zhěn | pimple |
| 小丘 | xiǎo qiū | hill |
| 丘脑 | qiū nǎo | thalamus |
| 克拉夫丘克 | kè lā fū qiū kè | Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994 |
| 丘比特 | qiū bǐ tè | Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty |
| 下视丘 | xià shì qiū | (anatomy) hypothalamus (Tw) |
| 任丘市 | rén qiū shì | Renqiu, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 安丘市 | ān qiū shì | Anqiu, a county-level city in Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong |
丘 appears in 60 compound words: 25 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 丘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
Example Sentences
丘字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
qiū zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "丘" is written is quite unique and has left a deep impression on me.
丘应桦:出海专班助内企分析各地政治环境 确...
qiū yīng 桦 : chū hǎi zhuān bān zhù nèi qǐ fēn xī gè dì zhèng zhì huán jìng què . . .
11.23日实拍,虎丘已经进入最佳观赏期 #虎丘塔 #苏式建筑...
1 1 . 2 3 rì shí pāi , hǔ qiū yǐ jīng jìn rù zuì jiā guàn shǎng qī hǔ qiū tǎ sū shì jiàn zhù . . .
Photos taken on November 23—Huqiu is now at its peak viewing season #HuqiuTower #SuzhouArchitecture...
女生得了闭经怎么调理?过度节食导致下丘脑性闭经能恢复吗
nǚ shēng dé le bì jīng zěn má diào lǐ ? guò dù jié shí dǎo zhì xià qiū nǎo xìng bì jīng néng huī fù ma
How to treat girls with amenorrhea? Can hypothalamic amenorrhea be restored due to excessive dieting?
(新春走基层)山西灵丘:“空中菜园”变课堂 让知识从泥土里“长...
( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) shān xī líng qiū : kōng zhōng cài yuán biàn kè táng ràng zhī shí cóng ní tǔ lǐ cháng . . .
Lingqiu, Shanxi: "Air Vegetable Garden" Turns into a Classroom Let Knowledge "Grow" from the soil...
他迈着稳健的步伐登上了山丘。
Tā mài zhe wěnjiàn de bùfá dēngshàng le shānqiū.
He was walking up the hill at a steady pace.
孩子们跑下了山丘。
Háizimen pǎo xià le shānqiū.
The children ran down the hill.
咱俩也就是一丘之貉。
Zánliǎ yějiùshì yīqiūzhīhé.
Apparently we're just two peas in a pod.
一条小路跨过桥梁，穿过田野，还爬上小丘。
Yī tiáo xiǎolù kuàguò qiáoliáng, chuānguò tiányě, hái páshàng xiǎoqiū.
A small road ran across the bridge, through the fields, and over a hill.
河在山丘的另一端。
Hé zài shānqiū de lìngyī duān.
The river's on the other side of the hill.
Character Family
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