冤句

Chinese

		to bend	to curve; to bend
simp. and trad. (冤句)		冤	句

Etymology

In reference to the meandering course of the former Ji River (濟河), which ran through the county.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuānqú

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢㄑㄩˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yuānqú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢㄑㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuanchyu
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/

Proper noun

冤句

(～縣) (historical) Yuanqu (a former county of imperial China, between the Qin or Han and the Song dynasties, in modern-day Mudan, Heze, Shandong)
(historical) Yuanqu (the county seat, destroyed by a medieval flood of the Yellow River)

Usage notes

Frequently misread as Yuānjù, especially in English sources.

Synonyms

宛朐 (Wǎnqú), 宛句 (Wǎnqú)
宛亭 (Wǎntíng) (after 1086)

References

"冤句音义考" ["Yuānqú Yīnyì Kǎo", "An Inquiry into the Sound and Meaning of Yuanqu"], 《山东方志》 [Shāndōng Fāngzhì, Shandong Local Records], 山东省情网 [Shāndōng Shěng Qíng Wǎng, Shandong Provincial Network], Jinan: Shandong Provincial Archives, 2006. (in Chinese)

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