| 曲麻莱 | Qǔ má lái | Qumarlêb County (Tibetan: chu dmar leb rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉树藏族自治州, Qinghai | 
| 曲 | Qū | surname Qu | 
| 曲 | qū | bent / crooked / wrong | 
| 曲 | qǔ | tune / song / CL:支 | 
| 曲 | qū | variant of 曲 | 
| 曲 | qū | fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2] | 
| 麻 | má | hemp (variant of 麻) | 
| 麻 | Má | surname Ma | 
| 麻 | má | generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb | 
| 莱 | lái | name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album |