小曲 (xiǎo qū) — ditty; popular tune | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dittypopular tune

Measure word · 首

Examples

小曲。
Tā xǐ huan zài gōng yuán lǐ chàng xiǎo qū.
He likes to sing ditties in the park.
小曲。
Zhè shǒu xiǎo qū zài mín jiān fēi cháng liú xíng.
This popular tune is very widespread among the people.
小曲，。
Tā xiě le yì shǒu xīn xiǎo qū, dà jiā dōu ài tīng.
She wrote a new ditty, and everyone loves to listen to it.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

小 “short” + 曲 “tune” describes a short popular tune.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八八bāto divide; to separate
丨丨gǔnsmall object

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

曲 is drawn as a bent object, matching the meaning 'bend'.

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