| 曲线 | qū xiàn | curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way |
| 曲 | qū | bent; crooked; wrong |
| 曲 | qǔ | tune; song; CL:支 |
| 弯曲 | wān qū | to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp |
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 歪曲 | wāi qū | to distort; to misrepresent |
| 乐曲 | yuè qǔ | musical composition |
| 曲调 | qǔ diào | tune; melody |
| 曲轴 | qū zhóu | crankshaft |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | complicated; winding |
| 戏曲 | xì qǔ | Chinese opera |
| 曲柄 | qū bǐng | crank handle |
| 双曲线 | shuāng qū xiàn | hyperbola |
| 曲面 | qū miàn | curved surface; surface |
| 作曲家 | zuò qǔ jiā | composer; songwriter |
| 卷曲 | juǎn qǔ | to curl (hair); to crimp; to roll up; curly |
| 曲子 | qǔ zi | poem for singing; tune; music; CL:支 |
| 曲艺 | qǔ yì | folk musical theater |
| 作曲 | zuò qǔ | to compose (music) |
| 进行曲 | jìn xíng qǔ | march (musical) |
| 曲线图 | qū xiàn tú | line graph; line diagram |
| 曲解 | qū jiě | distort |
| 舞曲 | wǔ qǔ | dance music |
| 元曲 | Yuán qǔ | Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy |
| 昆曲 | Kūn qǔ | Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times |
| 三部曲 | sān bù qǔ | trilogy |
| 曲率 | qū lǜ | curvature |
| 协奏曲 | xié zòu qǔ | concerto |
| 奏鸣曲 | zòu míng qǔ | sonata |
| 圆锥曲线 | yuán zhuī qū xiàn | conic section |
| 挠曲 | náo qū | to bend; flexing; deflection |
| 红曲 | hóng qū | red food dye made from yeast |
| 插曲 | chā qǔ | episode; interlude |
| 曲阳 | Qǔ yáng | Quyang county in Baoding 保定, Hebei |
| 弯弯曲曲 | wān wān qū qū | curved; meandering; zigzagging |
| 小步舞曲 | xiǎo bù wǔ qǔ | minuet |
| 曲阜 | Qū fù | Qufu county level city in Ji'ning 济宁, Shandong; home town of Confucius 孔子 |
| 序曲 | xù qǔ | overture |
| 曲水 | Qǔ shuǐ | Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉萨, Tibet |
| 交响曲 | jiāo xiǎng qǔ | symphony |
| 谱曲 | pǔ qǔ | to compose a piece of music |
| 三次曲线 | sān cì qū xiàn | cubic curve (geometry) |
| 二次曲 | èr cì qū | quadratic curve; conic section (geometry) |
| 二次曲线 | èr cì qū xiàn | quadratic curve (geometry); conic |
| 二次曲面 | èr cì qū miàn | quadric surface (geometry) |
| 代数曲线 | dài shù qū xiàn | algebraic curve |
| 代数曲面 | dài shù qū miàn | algebraic surface |
| 作曲者 | zuò qǔ zhě | composer; song writer |
| 催眠曲 | cuī mián qǔ | lullaby |
| 元曲四大家 | Yuán qǔ sì dà jiā | Four great Yuan dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 马致远 and Bai Pu 白朴 |