曲目 (qǔ mù) — repertoire; program (a list of songs or pieces)… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

曲目 refers to one piece of music on a program or in a repertoire — typically an individual song, track, or movement, counted with 首.

noun

repertoireprogram (a list of songs or pieces)songpiece of music

Measure word · 首

Examples

曲目。
Jīn wǎn yīn yuè huì de qǔ mù fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
Tonight's concert program is excellent.
曲目。
Zhè zhāng zhuān jí yǒu shí èr shǒu qǔ mù.
This album has twelve tracks.
曲目《》。
Tā zuì xǐ huan de yì shǒu qǔ mù shì 《yuè guāng》.
His favorite piece is "Clair de Lune".

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.

曲 are tunes and 目 is a list, so the word means a list of tunes or pieces.

Characters in this word

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'.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

目 began as a drawing of a human eye, turned sideways.

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