蠷
canal; ditch; he (dialect); big
Meanings
5 senses · 11 examplesnoun
artificial waterway; canal; ditch; channel
The most common sense, referring to man-made waterways for irrigation or drainage.
This canal irrigates five hundred mu of farmland.
The farmers are cleaning the silt out of the ditch.
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The government invested in building a new flood drainage channel.
pronoun
he; him; his (dialect, chiefly Wu)
dialectUsed in Wu dialect and some other southern dialects as a third-person singular pronoun.
He is not coming today.
You tell him to go.
adjective
big; large; chief (archaic)
archaicArchaic usage found in classical texts, usually in compounds referring to leaders or chiefs.
The chief culprit has been shot dead.
The leader brought his followers to surrender.
proper noun
Qu (surname)
A relatively uncommon Chinese surname.
Mr. Qu is my colleague.
The surname Qu is relatively rare.
adverb
how could; what; where (rhetorical question, archaic)
archaicUsed in classical Chinese to form rhetorical questions, similar to 岂.
How could he come here for no reason?
Is he not your father?