| 秋 | 1184B50 90A.81-9 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄑㄧㄡ [qiu1] | ||
| N. | (1) The autumn season, the fall: 秋天 [qiu1tian1]↓; 秋老虎 very hot weather in autumn; 秋後 period after onset of autumn; 秋扇見捐 (woman) cast aside like the fan in autumn; 秋思 feeling of desolation; 秋風秋雨 disconsolate winds and rains; 秋土 old, forgotten scholar; 秋汎 autumn floods; 秋色 autumnal colors; 秋試，秋闈 provincial test for 舉人 degree in civil examinations; 秋涼 the chill of autumn; 秋意 slight chill in the air, a “touch” of autumn; 秋季 autumn; 中秋 Mid-Autumn Festival (15th of the 8th lunar month); 晚秋 late autumn; 深秋 in deep autumn; 麥秋 harvest time; 春秋 Spring and Autumn, see 春 12.41. (2) Year: 千秋 a thousand years, (fig.) forever; 千秋萬歲 eternity. (3) Time, period: 多事之秋 troublous times; 危急存亡之秋 period of national crisis, a time when national existence hangs in the balance. (4) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 秋波 [qiu1bo1], n., a girl's significant glance (compared to beauty of “autumn ripples”): 送秋波 to cast flirtatious looks at, make friendly gestures to (another). 2. 秋成 [qiu1cheng2], n., harvest (season). 3. 秋千 [qiu1qian1], n., the swing (on which children and ladies play; var. of 鞦韆). 4. 秋氣 [qiu1qi4], n., the air, the chill of autumn; (fig.) air of desolation. 5. 秋分 [qiu1fen1], n., the autumnal equinox (September 23 or 24). 6. 秋風 [qiu1feng1], n, (1) The autumnal winds: 秋風過耳 unheeded like a passing autumnal breeze; [qiu1feng1], n, (2) 打秋風 get commission on errands, send birthday or wedding invitations indiscriminately to one and all with the hope of getting presents from them. 7. 秋海棠 [qiu1hai3tang2], n., (bot.) the begonia, Begonia evansiana. 8. 秋毫 [qiu1hao2], n., (lit.) autumn down on birds--very minute particle: 秋毫無犯 (of army) do not cause the slightest damage to the people (by looting, etc.). 9. 秋節 [qiu1jie2], n., the Mid-Autumn Festival. 10. 秋葵 [qiu1kui2], n., (bot.) the hibiscus, Abelmoschous esculentus. 11. 秋羅 [qiu1luo2], n., a thin twill silk. 12. 秋牡丹 [qiu1mu3dan1], n., (bot.) Japanese anemone, Anemone japonica. 13. 秋娘 [qiu1niang2], n., woman in the thirty-forties. 14. 秋收 [qiu1shou1], n., the autumn harvest. 15. 秋霜 [qiu1shuang1], n., frost in autumn, (fig.) of cold countenance, also of white hair on old man. 16. 秋水 [qiu1shui3], n., the autumn waters, (fig.) of woman's fluid glance, see [qiu1bo1]↑; clear, bright look; sword flash. 17. 秋事 [qiu1shi4], n., harvest affairs. 18. 秋汛 [qiu1xUn4], n., autumnal floods. 19. 秋天 [qiu1tian1], n., autumn (days). | |||||