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qu

qu noun: an administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).

Noun

qu (plural qus)

  1. (China) An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).
    • […]the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees.[1973, Survey of China Mainland Press, numbers 5308-5345, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52
    • At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).1990, Barrett L. McCormick, “Elections to Local People's Congresses”, in Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State, University of California Press, →ISBN...

Proper noun capitalized: Qu

Qu (plural Qus)

  1. A surname.
    • Ch’ü was born on January 29, 1899, in a small room in the family residence in the southern portion of Changchow, a relatively small city in Kiangsu province.[1981, Paul G. Pickowicz, “Youth in Changchow”, in Marxist Literary Thought in China: The Influence of Ch’ü Ch’iu-pai, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1

Forms of qu

Noun
pluralqus
Proper noun
pluralQus

Plural of qu: qus

Origin of qu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 區 /区.

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of various Mandarin surnames, including 瞿 (Qú) and 曲 (Qū).

Questions about qu

What does qu mean?
Qu means an administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).
What part of speech is qu?
Qu can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of qu?
The plural of qu is qus.

Words near qu in the dictionary

  1. Qtrs.
  2. qts
  3. Qts.
  4. qty
  5. Qtz
  6. qu
  7. Qu'Appelle
  8. Qu'ran
  9. qu-
  10. qu.
  11. qua

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