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 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 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 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 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 音乐 音樂 yīn yuè music / CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4] syn 人员 人員 rén yuán staff / crew / personnel / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 速度 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] 专辑 專輯 zhuān jí album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 布鲁斯 布魯斯 bù lǔ sī blues (music) (loanword) 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 说唱 說唱 shuō chàng speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] and 相聲|相声[xiang4 sheng5] / (music) rapping 摇滚乐 搖滾樂 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll 人手 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand syn 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 曲目 qǔ mù repertoire / program / song / piece of music syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 舞曲 wǔ qǔ dance music 力度 lì dù strength / vigor / efforts / (music) dynamics 回音 huí yīn echo / reply / turn (ornament in music) syn 作曲 zuò qǔ to compose (music) syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 节拍 節拍 jié pāi beat (music) / meter syn 调度 調度 diào dù to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler 同音 tóng yīn (music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous / homonymic 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) syn 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 乐谱 樂譜 yuè pǔ a musical score / sheet music 声乐 聲樂 shēng yuè vocal music 音乐节 音樂節 yīn yuè jié music festival 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn 参谋 參謀 cān móu staff officer / to give advice syn 音域 yīn yù vocal range / register (music) 和声 和聲 hé shēng harmony (music) 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 小节 小節 xiǎo jié a minor matter / trivia / bar (music) syn 波音 bō yīn mordent (music) 和弦 hé xián chord (music) 婉转 婉轉 wǎn zhuǎn (voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful syn 大调 大調 dà diào major key (in music) 过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera syn 管弦乐 管弦樂 guǎn xián yuè orchestral music 名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music 全员 全員 quán yuán all personnel / the whole staff syn 弦乐 弦樂 xián yuè string music 乐迷 樂迷 yuè mí music fan 奏乐 奏樂 zòu yuè to perform music / to play a tune syn 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 棍棒 gùn bàng club / staff / stick syn 用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff 夜曲 yè qǔ nocturne (music) 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 唱腔 chàng qiāng vocal music (in opera) / aria syn 指挥家 指揮家 zhǐ huī jiā (music) conductor 图谱 圖譜 tú pǔ archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures) / atlas / collection of illustrations or sheet music 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music) / (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) syn 音高 yīn gāo pitch (music) / tone 荣登 榮登 róng dēng (of a list, music chart etc) to reach the top 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 声部 聲部 shēng bù part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 铜管 銅管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 簧片 huáng piàn reed (music) syn 变调 變調 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation syn 协和 協和 xié hé to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant syn 教职员 教職員 jiào zhí yuán teaching and administrative staff 朋克 péng kè punk (music style) (loanword) 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn 合奏 hé zòu to perform music (as an ensemble) 巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn 听写 聽寫 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear 仙乐 仙樂 xiān yuè heavenly music 幽雅 yōu yǎ serene and elegant (of a place) / ethereal (of music) syn 轻音乐 輕音樂 qīng yīn yuè light music 谱曲 譜曲 pǔ qǔ to compose a piece of music syn 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 组曲 組曲 zǔ qǔ suite (music) 总参谋部 總參謀部 zǒng cān móu bù (military) General Staff Headquarters 年轻化 年輕化 nián qīng huà to make more youthful / to promote younger staff 音律 yīn lǜ tuning / temperament / music syn 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 