拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn 机 機 jī (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic 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 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 灵活 靈活 líng huó flexible / nimble / agile 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 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 器械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon syn 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) syn 读出 讀出 dú chū to read out loud / (computing) to read (data) / readout (of a scientific instrument) 通融 tōng róng flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan syn 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 牛皮 niú pí cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 变通 變通 biàn tōng pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances syn 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 软管 軟管 ruǎn guǎn hose / flexible tube 票据 票據 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt syn 柔韧 柔韌 róu rèn pliable and tough / supple and strong / flexible syn 随遇而安 隨遇而安 suí yù ér ān at home wherever one is (idiom) / ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 伸缩 伸縮 shēn suō to lengthen and shorten / flexible / adjustable / retractable / extensible / telescoping (collapsible) syn 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] 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) 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 批准书 pī zhǔn shū instrument of ratification 管乐器 管樂器 guǎn yuè qì wind instrument / woodwind 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 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 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 弦乐器 弦樂器 xián yuè qì string instrument syn 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 有弹性 有彈性 yǒu tán xìng flexible 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) 圆通 圓通 yuán tōng flexible / accommodating syn 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 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 浮动汇率 floating exchange rate / flexible exchange rate 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 弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn 柔 róu soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ) syn 箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes 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 簧 huáng reed (of a music instrument) / spring / coil syn 吹号 吹號 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument 三角铁 三角鐵 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron syn 弹拨乐器 彈撥樂器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4] 竖笛 豎笛 shù dí recorder (musical instrument) / (Tw) clarinet 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 炮烙 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 竽 yú free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China 磬 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone syn 埙 塤 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 檠 qíng instrument for straightening bows syn 木管乐器 木管樂器 mù guǎn yuè qì woodwind instrument 能屈能伸 néng qū néng shēn can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes) / ready to give and take / flexible syn 见风转舵 見風轉舵 jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom) / fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation syn 夹棍 夾棍 jiā gùn leg vise (torture instrument) 鱼鼓 魚鼓 yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) 直笛 zhí dí (Tw) recorder (musical instrument) 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 镵 鑱 chán sharp instrument for digging 鑱 chán sharp instrument for digging 外圆内方 外圓內方 wài yuán nèi fāng lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove 能伸能屈 néng shēn néng qū can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes) / ready to give and take / flexible 见风使帆 見風使帆 jiàn fēng shǐ fān lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom) / fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation 见风使舵 見風使舵 jiàn fēng shǐ duò lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom) / fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation syn 键盘乐器 鍵盤樂器 jiàn pán yuè qì keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc) 动Ｌ 動Ｌ dòng L flowing / flexible / lively (internet slang) / flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang) 