| qū | bent/crooked/wrong |
| qǔ | tune/song/CL:支[zhi1] |
| 曲 | bent crooked wrong |
| 曲从众意 | to bend to the public opinion |
| 曲别针 | paperclip |
| 曲剑形的 | scimitar-shaped; scymitar-shaped |
| 曲剧 | opera derived from ballad singing |
| 曲古霉素 | trichomycin; hachimycin |
| 曲周 | Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸 |
| 曲周县 | Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸 |
| 曲坛 | folk art world |
| 曲头钉 | a brad |
| 曲奇 | cookies |
| 曲奇饼 | a cookie |
| 曲子 | poem for singing tune music |
| 曲室 | deep closet |
| 曲射 | rigging-angle fire |
| 曲射弹道 | a curved trajectory |
| 曲射炮 | a curved-fire gun; a high-angle gun |
| 曲尺 | set square (tool to measure right angles) |
| 曲尺楼梯 | staircase with right-angled turn L-shaped staircase |
| 曲尽其妙 | bring out in a subtle and skilful way |