方式 fāng shì way / manner / style / mode / pattern / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 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 唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn 模式 mó shì mode / pattern / model 节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat syn 睡眠 shuì mián sleep / to sleep / (computing) to enter sleep mode syn 音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical 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 空调 空調 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 乐谱 樂譜 yuè pǔ a musical score / sheet music 乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition syn 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 进行曲 進行曲 jìn xíng qǔ march (musical) 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 四重奏 sì chóng zòu quartet (musical ensemble) 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 谱子 譜子 pǔ zi musical score syn 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn 三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn 丝竹 絲竹 sī zhú traditional Chinese musical instruments / music 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 蓦地 驀地 mò de suddenly / unexpectedly syn 曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater 三度 sān dù third (musical interval) 音乐之声 音樂之聲 yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) 昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn 单模 單模 dān mó single mode 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 重奏 chóng zòu musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏) 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 三重奏 sān chóng zòu trio (musical ensemble) 乐句 樂句 yuè jù musical phrase 杂剧 雜劇 zá jù a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy 关汉卿 關漢卿 guān hàn qīng Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 尺 chě one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3] syn 弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn 箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes syn 三角铁 三角鐵 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron syn 籁 籟 lài a sound / a noise / musical pipe with 3 reeds syn 马致远 馬緻遠 mǎ zhì yuǎn Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1] 众数 眾數 zhòng shù (statistics) mode 竖笛 豎笛 shù dí recorder (musical instrument) / (Tw) clarinet 总谱 總譜 zǒng pǔ musical score 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 八音盒 bā yīn hé musical box syn 直笛 zhí dí (Tw) recorder (musical instrument) 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 高山流水 gāo shān liú shuǐ fig. intimate and understanding friend / sublime musical composition 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 深水方式 shēn shuǐ fāng shì deep-water mode / deep mode 毒性类 毒性類 dú xìng lèi mode of toxicity / toxicity mode 毒性型 dú xìng xíng mode of toxicity / toxicity mode 工尺谱 工尺譜 gōng chě pǔ traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes 传输模式 傳輸模式 chuán shū mó shì transfer mode / transmission method 单模光纤 單模光纖 dān mó guāng xiān single-mode optical fiber 非同步传输模式 非同步傳輸模式 fēi tóng bù chuán shū mó shì asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) 异步传输模式 異步傳輸模式 yì bù chuán shū mó shì asynchronous transfer mode / ATM 保护模式 保護模式 bǎo hù mó shì protected mode 自拍模式 zì pāi mó shì camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release) 运行方式 運行方式 yùn xíng fāng shì operating method / running mode Ｂ超 B chāo type-B ultrasound / abbr. for Ｂ型超聲|Ｂ型超声[B xing2 chao1 sheng1] / B-mode ultrasonography / prenatal ultrasound scan / abbr. for B型超聲|B型超声[B xing2 chao1 sheng1] 轮询模式 lún xún mú shì polling mode 关于选举方式与条件的议定书 關於選舉方式與條件的議定書 Protocol on the Mode and Conditions of Elections 运货模式 運貨模式 yùn huò mú shì shipping mode 降负荷运行 降負荷運行 derated-load mode / derated-load operation 海运方式工作组 海運方式工作組 hǎi yùn fāng shì gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on the Sea Mode 服务贸易方式 服務貿易方式 fù wù mào yì fāng shì mode of trade in services 低功耗模式 dī gōng hào mú shì low-power mode / lopomo 差模 differential mode 信标模式 信標模式 beacon mode 共模 gòng mó common-mode (electronics) P档 P檔 P dàng park (gear) / program mode (on a digital camera) P挡 P擋 P dǎng park (gear) / program mode (on a digital camera) 共模抑制比 gòng mó yì zhì bǐ (electronics) common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) 舒眠键 舒眠鍵 shū mián jiàn sleep mode button (on the remote control of an air conditioner) 飞行模式 飛行模式 fēi xíng mó shì airplane mode (on an electronic device) 无痕模式 無痕模式 wú hén mó shì (computing) incognito mode 嘂 jiào old variant of 叫[jiao4] / ancient musical instrument similar to ocarina 七和弦 qī hé xián seventh (musical cord) 七声 七聲 qī shēng tones of the musical scale 三音 sān yīn third (musical interval, e.g. do-mi) 三音度 sān yīn dù third (musical interval) 五度 wǔ dù five degrees / fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh) 