白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera 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 葬礼 葬禮 zàng lǐ burial / funeral 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] 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 殡仪馆 殯儀館 bìn yí guǎn the undertaker's / funeral parlor 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 追悼会 追悼會 zhuī dào huì memorial service / funeral service 致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn 善后 善後 shàn hòu to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident) / funeral arrangements / reparations 后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn 葬送 zàng sòng to hold a funeral procession and burial / to give sb a final send-off / (fig.) to ruin (one's future prospects etc) syn 丧礼 喪禮 sāng lǐ funeral 丧葬 喪葬 sāng zàng funeral / burial syn 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 丧事 喪事 sāng shì funeral arrangements syn 殡葬 殯葬 bìn zàng funeral and interment syn 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 出殡 出殯 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral syn 送葬 sòng zàng to participate in funeral procession / to attend a burial syn 哭丧 哭喪 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 丧葬费 喪葬費 sāng zàng fèi funeral expenses 灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall / funeral hall 奔丧 奔喪 bēn sāng to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent syn 治丧 治喪 zhì sāng to organize and carry out a funeral syn 祭文 jì wén funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address syn 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 天葬 tiān zàng sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice) 主祭 zhǔ jì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral 挽联 挽聯 wǎn lián pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 丧 喪 sāng mourning / funeral / (old) corpse syn 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 国葬 國葬 guó zàng state funeral syn 丧假 喪假 sāng jià funeral leave 殡 殯 bìn a funeral / to encoffin a corpse / to carry to burial 吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster syn 赙 賻 fù to contribute to funeral expenses 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 弦乐 弦樂 xián yuè string music 乐迷 樂迷 yuè mí music fan 奏乐 奏樂 zòu yuè to perform music / to play a tune syn 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 夜曲 yè qǔ nocturne (music) 唱腔 chàng qiāng vocal music (in opera) / aria syn 指挥家 指揮家 zhǐ huī jiā (music) conductor 图谱 圖譜 tú pǔ archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures) / atlas / collection of illustrations or sheet music 谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music) / (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) syn 音高 yīn gāo pitch (music) / tone 荣登 榮登 róng dēng (of a list, music chart etc) to reach the top 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 声部 聲部 shēng bù part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 铜管 銅管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 簧片 huáng piàn reed (music) syn 变调 變調 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation syn 协和 協和 xié hé to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant syn 朋克 péng kè punk (music style) (loanword) 群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn 合奏 hé zòu to perform music (as an ensemble) 巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn 