配乐 配樂 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 雅郑 雅鄭 yǎ zhèng court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 sheng1], music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd) 贝斯 貝斯 bèi sī bass (loanword) / bass guitar 击弦贝斯 擊弦貝斯 jī xián bèi sī slap bass (bass guitar technique) 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 应声 應聲 yìng shēng an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot syn 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 声部 聲部 shēng bù part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part 鼓打贝斯 鼓打貝斯 gǔ dǎ bèi sī drum and bass (music genre) 大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly syn 歌声 歌聲 gē shēng singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet 变声 變聲 biàn shēng voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc) 唱和 chàng hè antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus) / sung reply (in agreement with first voice) / to reply with a poem in the same rhythm syn 被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn 扯嗓子 chě sǎng zi to raise one's voice / to speak at the top of one's voice 真声 真聲 zhēn shēng natural voice / modal voice (cf. 假聲|假声[jia3 sheng1], falsetto) 倒嗓 dǎo sǎng (of a singer) to lose one's voice / (male opera singer's) voice change (at puberty) syn 娃娃音 wá wa yīn childlike voice / babyish voice 奶音 nǎi yīn child's voice / childlike voice 婉转 婉轉 wǎn zhuǎn (voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful syn 调性 調性 diào xìng (music) tonality / (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style / image / tone / voice / character 岔调 岔調 chà diào (of a voice) husky / hoarse / affected / (music) to go off-key 真声最高音 真聲最高音 zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn (music) the highest note one can sing in a natural (non-falsetto) voice 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 现代音乐 現代音樂 xiàn dài yīn yuè modern music / contemporary music 印度音乐 印度音樂 yìn dù yīn yuè Bhangra, Indian music (music genre) 哑鼓 啞鼓 yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music) 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 郑声 鄭聲 zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music 曲风 曲風 qǔ fēng music style / music genre 低音 dī yīn bass 大鼓 dà gǔ bass drum syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 贝司 貝司 bèi sī bass (loanword) 鲈鱼 鱸魚 lú yú bass / perch syn 低音提琴 dī yīn tí qín double bass / contrabass 鲈 鱸 lú common perch / bass syn 捶子 chuí zi drum stick / bass drum mallet / CL:把[ba3] 低音大提琴 dī yīn dà tí qín double bass / contrabass 低音大号 低音大號 dī yīn dà hào bass tuba / euphonium 大阮 dà ruǎn daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range 弦贝斯 弦貝斯 xián bèi sī acoustic bass (guitar) 手弹 手彈 shǒu tán fingered (bass) 贝斯吉他 貝斯吉他 bèi sī jí tā bass guitar 电贝斯 電貝斯 diàn bèi sī electric bass (guitar) 尖吻鲈 尖吻鱸 jiān wěn lú barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) 海鲈 海鱸 hǎi lú sea bass 声音 聲音 shēng yīn voice / sound / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone syn 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 喝道 hè dào to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 心声 心聲 xīn shēng heartfelt wish / inner voice / aspiration syn 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 话音 話音 huà yīn one's speaking voice / tone / implication syn 嗓音 sǎng yīn voice 嗓子 sǎng zi throat / voice / CL:把[ba3] syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 网络电话 網絡電話 wǎng luò diàn huà Voice over Internet Protocol 游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) 流露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn 语调 語調 yǔ diào intonation / tone of voice / CL:個|个[ge4] 口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face syn 放声 放聲 fàng shēng very loudly / at the top of one's voice 压低 壓低 yā dī to lower (one's voice) syn 厉声 厲聲 lì shēng stern voice syn 失声 失聲 shī shēng to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily syn 口音 kǒu yin voice / accent syn 松动 鬆動 sōng dòng loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded syn 发声 發聲 fā shēng to produce a sound / to vocalize / to give voice / to articulate views or demands syn 压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 圆润 圓潤 yuán rùn mellow and full / suave / smooth and round / rich (in voice) syn 嗓门 嗓門 sǎng mén voice / windpipe syn 异口同声 異口同聲 yì kǒu tóng shēng different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom) syn 委婉 wěi wǎn tactful / euphemistic / (of voice etc) suave / soft syn 宽厚 寬厚 kuān hòu tolerant / generous / magnanimous / thick and broad (build) / thick and deep (voice) syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn 高歌 gāo gē to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song syn 小蜜蜂 xiǎo mì fēng honeybee / (fig.) industrious person (esp. one who shuttles back and forth) / voice booster (microphone headset with a wearable speaker) 声优 聲優 shēng yōu voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū") 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 鸦雀无声 鴉雀無聲 yā què wú shēng lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom) / not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence syn 悄声 悄聲 qiǎo shēng quietly / in a low voice syn 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 歌喉 歌睺 gē hóu singing voice 短促 duǎn cù short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice) syn 旁白 páng bái aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration 于 於 yú (of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by syn 低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn 调头 調頭 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune syn 清朗 qīng lǎng clear and bright / unclouded / clear and sonorous (voice) / clear and lively (narrative) syn 唉声叹气 唉聲嘆氣 āi shēng tàn qì sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom) / to heave deep sighs / to sigh in despair syn 