Qu (surname 屈)
| Romanization | Qu (Mandarin) Wat (Cantonese, Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong) |
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| Pronunciation | Qu1 (Mandarin) Wat1 (Cantonese) |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
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| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Meaning | "bend; crook; bow; flex" |
| Popularity | see popular names |
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Qu (Chinese: 屈; pinyin: Qū; Jyutping: wat1) is a Chinese surname. It also transliterated as Chu in Wade–Giles and Wat in Cantonese. It is also transliterated as Qū in pinyin. The surname Qu (屈) is listed 124th on the famous Song dynasty book of common Chinese surnames, Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu).