邱 (qiū): surname Qiu
邱 (qiū) is a Chinese character meaning “surname qiu.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丘 (structural) and 阝 (structural). It ranks #3946 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 邱 a place 阝 on a hill 丘; 丘 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- surname Qiu
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA place 阝 on a hill 丘; 丘 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰丘阝 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邱吉尔 | qiū jí ěr | Winston Churchill (1874–1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940–1945 and 1951–1955 |
| 大邱 | dà qiū | Daegu, a city in South Korea |
| 邱比特 | qiū bǐ tè | (Tw) variant of 丘比特 |
| 新邱区 | xīn qiū qū | Xinqiu, a district of Fuxin City 阜新市, Liaoning |
| 新邱 | xīn qiū | see 新邱區|新邱区 |
| 霍邱县 | huò qiū xiàn | Huoqiu, a county in Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui |
| 邱县proper-noun | qiū xiàn | Qiu County or Qiuxian, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市, Hebei |
| 霍邱proper-noun | huò qiū | see 霍邱縣|霍邱县 |
邱 appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
邱祺缘获得女子高低杠冠军,收获个人本届赛事第二金。
qiū 祺 yuán huò dé nǚ zǐ gāo dī gàng guàn jūn , shōu huò gè rén běn jiè sài shì dì èr jīn .
Qiu Qiyuan won the women’s uneven bars title, claiming her second gold medal of the competition.
在女子团体决赛中,由柯沁沁、张清颖、邱祺缘、张怡涵、杜思雨组成的中国队夺得金牌。
zài nǚ zǐ tuán tǐ jué sài zhōng , yóu kē 沁 沁 , zhāng qīng yǐng , qiū 祺 yuán , zhāng yí hán , dù sī yǔ zǔ chéng de zhōng guó duì duó dé jīn pái .
In the women's team final, the Chinese team—composed of Ke Qinqin, Zhang Qingying, Qiu Qiyuan, Zhang Yihan, and Du Siyu—won the gold medal.
中国体操女队派出柯沁沁、张清颖、邱祺缘、张怡涵、杜思雨等五人,全都是亚运新兵。
zhōng guó tǐ cāo nǚ duì pài chū kē 沁 沁 , zhāng qīng yǐng , qiū 祺 yuán , zhāng yí hán , dù sī yǔ děng wǔ rén , quán dōu shì yà yùn xīn bīng .
The Chinese women's gymnastics team fielded five athletes—Ke Qinqin, Zhang Qingying, Qiu Qiyuan, Zhang Yihan, and Du Siyu—all of whom are making their Asian Games debut.
农村妇女邱阿桂因不堪多年来的家暴,趁丈夫熟睡时将他杀害。
nóng cūn fù nǚ qiū ā guì yīn bù kān duō nián lái de jiā bào , chèn zhàng fū shú shuì shí jiāng tā shā hài .
Qiu Agui, a rural woman who could no longer endure years of domestic violence, killed her husband while he was fast asleep.
中国作家协会副主席邱华栋指出,《山水》是路内五十岁左右完成的一部沉雄之作。
zhōng guó zuò jiā xié huì fù zhǔ xí qiū huá dòng zhǐ chū , shān shuǐ shì lù nèi wǔ shí suì zuǒ yòu wán chéng de yī bù chén xióng zhī zuò .
Qiu Huadong, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers’ Association, noted that *Landscape* is a powerful and majestic work that Lu Nei completed around the age of fifty.
Character Family
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