Qu (surname 曲)

Qu (Chinese: 曲; pinyin: Qū). While the character 曲 is often pronounced Qǔ (first tone) in Modern Mandarin, the surname is pronounced Qū in the first tone. It is written Khúc in Vietnamese.

Not to be confused with Qu (surname 屈).

Notable people

• Wanting Qu (Chinese: 曲婉婷, 1983-) simply known as Wanting, is a Chinese-born singer-songwriter and pianist who is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Khúc Thừa Dụ (Chinese: 曲承裕; pinyin: Qū Chéngyù) or Khúc Tiên Chủ (曲先主; Qǔ Xiānzhu)[1] (?–907) was a Vietnamese Jiedushi of Vietnam and Jinghai-jun (Tĩnh Hải quân), in the early 10th century
• Qu Bo (Chinese: 曲波, 1981- ) a retired Chinese footballer
• Qu Yunxia (simplified Chinese: 曲云霞 1972 -) a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialized in the 1500 metres
• Qu Bo (writer) (Chinese: 曲波; pinyin: Qū Bō; 1923–2002) was a Chinese novelist
• Qu Tongfeng (Chinese: 曲同丰; pinyin: Qǔ Tóngfēng; Wade–Giles: Ch'ü³ T'ung²-feng¹ 1873–1929) a general who served Yuan Shikai and the Anhui clique
• Qu Xiaohui (Chinese: 曲晓辉; born 10 March 1987 in Dalian) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Boyoung in the China League Two
• Qu Feifei (simplified Chinese: 曲飞飞; traditional Chinese: 曲飛飛; pinyin: Qǔ Fēifēi; born May 18, 1982 in Shenyang, Liaoning) is a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Khúc clan