拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 工具 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) syn 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn 仪器 儀器 yí qì instrument / apparatus / CL:臺|台[tai2] 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 债务 債務 zhài wù debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness syn 乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn 喇叭 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc) / loudspeaker / brass wind instrument / trumpet / suona 鎖吶|锁呐[suo3 na4] syn 弹琴 彈琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one / to bog one down / to preoccupy one syn 还债 還債 huán zhài to settle a debt syn 器械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon syn 血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) syn 欠债 欠債 qiàn zhài to owe a debt / the sum owed syn 免除 miǎn chú to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 欠款 qiàn kuǎn to owe a debt / balance due / debts 读出 讀出 dú chū to read out loud / (computing) to read (data) / readout (of a scientific instrument) 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 负债 負債 fù zhài to be in debt / to incur debts / liability (finance) syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 票据 票據 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt syn 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 赖账 賴賬 lài zhàng to renege on a debt syn 琴弦 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) 双簧管 雙簧管 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) 颤音 顫音 chàn yīn vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics) 亏空 虧空 kuī kōng in debt / in the red / in deficit syn 清偿 清償 qīng cháng to repay a debt in full / to redeem / to clear syn 铜管 銅管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 尺子 chǐ zi ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:把[ba3] syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 欠账 欠賬 qiàn zhàng to owe a debt / debt / obligation syn 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom) / heavily in debt syn 抵债 抵債 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor syn 批准书 pī zhǔn shū instrument of ratification 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge syn 白条 白條 bái tiáo IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt 管乐器 管樂器 guǎn yuè qì wind instrument / woodwind 国债 國債 guó zhài national debt / government debt 报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness syn 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 偿债 償債 cháng zhài to repay a debt 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 琴师 琴師 qín shī player of a stringed instrument syn 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 坏账 壞賬 huài zhàng bad debt syn 展期 zhǎn qī to extend the period / to reschedule (a debt) 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 呆帐 呆帳 dāi zhàng bad debt 呆账 呆賬 dāi zhàng bad debt 弦乐器 弦樂器 xián yuè qì string instrument syn 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 深陷 shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc) / deep set (eyes) syn 还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full / to redeem a debt 可转债 可轉債 kě zhuǎn zhài convertible debt / convertible bond 弹唱 彈唱 tán chàng to sing and play (plucked string instrument) 光学仪器 光學儀器 guāng xué yí qì optical instrument 金融工具 jīn róng gōng jù financial instrument 分度 fēn dù graduation (of a measuring instrument) 代偿 代償 dài cháng (medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else 葫芦丝 葫蘆絲 hú lú sī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 打击乐器 打擊樂器 dǎ jī yuè qì percussion instrument syn 老赖 老賴 lǎo lài (coll.) debt dodger 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 芦笙 蘆笙 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument 编钟 編鐘 biān zhōng set of bells (old Chinese music instrument) 马头琴 馬頭琴 mǎ tóu qín morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument) 监测仪器 監測儀器 monitoring instrument 巴乌 巴烏 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn 债 債 zhài debt / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn 账 賬 zhàng account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3] syn 箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes syn 负债累累 負債累累 fù zhài lěi lěi deep in debt syn 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue syn 债款 債款 zhài kuǎn debt 簧 huáng reed (of a music instrument) / spring / coil syn 吹号 吹號 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument 认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt syn 三角铁 三角鐵 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron syn 催讨 催討 cuī tǎo to demand repayment of debt syn 弹拨乐器 彈撥樂器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4] 