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"classical speech sounds" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
古音 gǔ yīn ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
Chinese Pinyin Translation
格 gé 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
嘎然 gā rán (onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds)
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
口音 kǒu yīn (linguistics) oral speech sounds syn
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
乎 hū (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
王肃 王肅 wáng sù Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn
演说 演說 yǎn shuō speech / to deliver a speech syn
语音指令 語音指令 yǔ yīn zhǐ lìng speech command (for computer speech recognition)
天籁 天籟 tiān lài sounds of nature
声 聲 shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds syn
鲁 魯 lǔ (bound form) crass / stupid / rude / (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords) syn
噶 gá phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds) / Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha / (dialect) final particle similar to 了[le5] (esp. in Yunnan)
喼 jié box (dialect) / used to transliterate words with sounds kip-, cap- etc
婉妙 wǎn miào sweet / soft / lovely (of sounds and voices)
标音法 標音法 biāo yīn fǎ phonetic transcription / system of representing spoken sounds
细听 細聽 xì tīng to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
注音法 註音法 zhù yīn fǎ phonetic transcription / system of representing spoken sounds
边声 邊聲 biān shēng outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc)
和音 hé yīn harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
尬舞 gà wǔ (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]) / (slang) to perform weird dance moves
干话 幹話 gàn huà (Tw) (slang) remark that sounds like it makes sense but is actually nonsense
风筝 風箏 fēng zheng kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.) syn
经典 經典 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical syn
权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn
古典 gǔ diǎn classical syn
留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn
书院 書院 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) syn
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
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
古典音乐 古典音樂 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music
大典 dà diǎn ceremony / collection of classical writings syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
古诗 古詩 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem syn
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
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
仿古 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
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
出 齣 chū variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) 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
词人 詞人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent syn
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
平仄 píng zè level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
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
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
海顿 海頓 hǎi dùn Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
比 bǐ 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
北 běi north / (classical) to be defeated syn
夫 fú (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) syn
远 遠 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn
山水诗 山水詩 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
刘 劉 liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter
伊 yī (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
耳 ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese) syn
耶 yé interrogative particle (classical) syn
牌 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
祭 jì 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
薛 xuē wormwood like grass (classical)
矣 yǐ classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5] syn
甫 fǔ (classical) barely / just / just now syn
鼎 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
侬 儂 nóng you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical) syn
汶 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
啻 chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just
涫 guàn (classical) to boil
榱 cuī rafter (classical)
齣 chū variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
之乎者也 zhī hū zhě yě lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom) / fig. archaic expressions syn
薠 fán plant similar to coco-grass 莎草[suo1 cao3] (classical)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
来而不往非礼也 來而不往非禮也 lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
古典语言 古典語言 gǔ diǎn yǔ yán classical language
经典动力系统 經典動力系統 jīng diǎn dòng lì xì tǒng classical dynamical system (physics)
仄声 仄聲 zè shēng oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
今古文 jīn gǔ wén Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
卝 kuàng classical variant of 礦|矿[kuang4]
古典乐 古典樂 gǔ diǎn yuè classical music (mainly Western)
奏鸣曲式 奏鳴曲式 zòu míng qǔ shì sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music)
怙恃 hù shì to rely on / father and mother (classical)
押平声韵 押平聲韻 yā píng shēng yùn to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声)
方册 方冊 fāng cè ancient books and volumes / classical writings
李翱 lǐ áo Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4]
林纾 林紓 lín shū Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
海上奇书 海上奇書 hǎi shàng qí shū literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1qing4] featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
海上花列传 海上花列傳 hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4], long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular / translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
发语词 發語詞 fā yǔ cí form word / in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
百花齐放，百家争鸣 百花齊放，百家爭鳴 bǎi huā qí fàng , bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
绝域 絕域 jué yù a faraway and hard-to-reach land (classical)
经典场论 經典場論 jīng diǎn chǎng lùn classical field theory (physics)
规谏 規諫 guī jiàn to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / 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
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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