"classical music" Chinese-English Dictionary

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古典音乐 古典音樂 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music
古典乐 古典樂 gǔ diǎn yuè classical music (mainly Western)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
chū variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) syn
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) syn
yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn
权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn
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
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) syn
běi north / (classical) to be defeated syn
经典 經典 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical syn
留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn
古典 gǔ diǎn classical 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
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world
歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music)
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
大典 dà diǎn ceremony / collection of classical writings syn
词人 詞人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent syn
海顿 海頓 hǎi dùn Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
书院 書院 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
古诗 古詩 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem syn
仿古 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
平仄 píng zè level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
管子 guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school syn
启明 啟明 qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn syn
文言文 wén yán wén Classical Chinese writing syn
摩羯 mó jié Capricorn (star sign) / northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴
文言 wén yán Classical Chinese syn
韩愈 韓愈 hán yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
百家争鸣 百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
抚琴 撫琴 fǔ qín to play the zither / classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴[tan2 qin2]
长庚 長庚 cháng gēng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk syn
乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre)
尔雅 爾雅 ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
柳宗元 liǔ zōng yuán Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music
interrogative particle (classical) syn
pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese) syn
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival syn
chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn
(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment) syn
nóng you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical) syn
liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter
xuē wormwood like grass (classical)
classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5] syn
dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn
(classical) barely / just / just now syn
wèn Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) / classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)
山水诗 山水詩 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just
guàn (classical) to boil
cuī rafter (classical)
音乐 音樂 yīn yuè music / CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4] syn
速度 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4] 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
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
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
节拍 節拍 jié pāi beat (music) / meter syn
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
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
小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) 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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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