曲折

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
simp. and trad. (曲折)		曲	折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ zit³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiok-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyujhé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chê²
    • Yale: chyū-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujer
    • Palladius: цюйчжэ (cjujčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 屈折 曲折

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ zit³
    • Yale: kūk jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiok-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: khiok-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiokciad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵/

Adjective

曲折

1. (of a road, stream, etc.) winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
2. (of a plot, situation, etc.) complicated; convoluted; tortuous; having many twists and turns

Synonyms

• (winding): 委曲 (wěiqū), 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū), 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)
• (complicated):

• 冗 (rǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐雜／庞杂 (pángzá)
• 繁瑣／繁琐 (fánsuǒ)
• 繁雜／繁杂 (fánzá)
• 繁難／繁难 (fánnán)
• 複雜／复杂

 

Derived terms

• 曲折縈紆／曲折萦纡 (qūzhéyíngyū)
• 曲折離奇／曲折离奇 (qūzhélíqí)
• 曲曲折折
• 盤旋曲折／盘旋曲折
• 迂迴曲折／迂回曲折 (yūhuíqūzhé)
• 離奇曲折／离奇曲折

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (曲折):

• → Japanese: 曲折(きょくせつ) (kyokusetsu)
• → Korean: 곡절(曲折) (gokjeol)
• → Vietnamese: khúc chiết (曲折)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曲	折
きょく Grade: 3	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょくせつ [kyòkúsétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

曲(きょく)折(せつ) • (kyokusetsu) 

1. a thing which twists and turns
2. a change in state
3. complicated circumstances; the details of said circumstances

Verb

曲(きょく)折(せつ)する • (kyokusetsu suru) suru (stem 曲(きょく)折(せつ)し (kyokusetsu shi), past 曲(きょく)折(せつ)した (kyokusetsu shita))

1. to twist and turn
2. to change state

Derived terms

• 紆余曲折(うよきょくせつ) (uyokyokusetsu)