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): ㄑㄩㄓㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ zit³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiok-chiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qūzhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄓㄜˊ
  - 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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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

(of a road, stream, etc.) winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
(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)

a thing which twists and turns
a change in state
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))

to twist and turn
to change state

Derived terms

紆余曲折(うよきょくせつ) (uyokyokusetsu)

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