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 雅郑 雅鄭 yǎ zhèng court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 sheng1], music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd) 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 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 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 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 现代音乐 現代音樂 xiàn dài yīn yuè modern music / contemporary music 印度音乐 印度音樂 yìn dù yīn yuè Bhangra, Indian music (music genre) 哑鼓 啞鼓 yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music) 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 郑声 鄭聲 zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music 曲风 曲風 qǔ fēng music style / music genre 协调 協調 xié tiáo to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted syn 和谐 和諧 hé xié harmonious / harmony / (euphemism) to censor syn 融洽 róng qià harmonious / friendly relations / on good terms with one another syn 调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn 和睦 hé mù peaceful relations / harmonious syn 和美 hé měi harmonious / in perfect harmony 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) syn 和乐 和樂 hé lè harmonious and happy syn 义和团 義和團 yì hé tuán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history) 调谐 調諧 tiáo xié harmonious / to adjust / to tune (e.g. wireless receiver) / to bring into harmony syn 河蟹 hé xiè river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China) syn 谐和 諧和 xié hé concordant / harmonious syn 谐 諧 xié (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) humorous / (literary) to reach agreement 睦 mù amicable / harmonious 勰 xié harmonious 中西合璧 zhōng xī hé bì harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom) 潗 jí friendly / harmonious 廱 yōng harmonious 和洽 hé qià harmonious 义和拳 義和拳 yì hé quán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history) 亲睦 親睦 qīn mù friendly / amicable / to keep up harmonious relations (with sb) 谐婉 諧婉 xié wǎn mild and harmonious 谐美 諧美 xié měi harmonious and graceful syn 议和团 議和團 yì hé tuán erroneous variant of 義和團|义和团, the righteous harmonious fists / the Boxers 辑睦 輯睦 jí mù tranquil / harmonious 关系融洽 關係融洽 guān xì róng qià social rapport / harmonious relations / sociable 雍睦 yōng mù harmonious / friendly 雍雍 yōng yōng harmonious / peaceful 鲽鹣 鰈鶼 dié jiān harmonious and affectionate couple 两情相悦 兩情相悅 liǎng qíng xiāng yuè (of a couple) to be harmonious / to be each other's sunshine 其乐融融 其樂融融 qí lè róng róng (of relations) joyous and harmonious syn 合手 hé shǒu to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use) 大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group 静好 靜好 jìng hǎo peaceful and harmonious 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 专辑 專輯 zhuān jí album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material syn 唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 力度 lì dù strength / vigor / efforts / (music) dynamics 和弦 hé xián chord (music) 舞曲 wǔ qǔ dance music 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 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 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 曲目 qǔ mù repertoire / program / song / piece of music syn 作曲 zuò qǔ to compose (music) syn 流行音乐 流行音樂 liú xíng yīn yuè pop music 编曲 編曲 biān qǔ to compose (music) / arrangement 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn 失调 失調 shī diào out of tune (music) 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 回音 huí yīn echo / reply / turn (ornament in music) syn 音乐学院 音樂學院 yīn yuè xué yuàn music academy / conservatory 波音 bō yīn mordent (music) 幽雅 yōu yǎ serene and elegant (of a place) / ethereal (of music) syn 协和 協和 xié hé to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant syn 嘻哈 xī hā hip-hop (music genre) (loanword) 摇滚乐 搖滾樂 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll 转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) syn 名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music 古典音乐 古典音樂 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music 二度 èr dù again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes) 布鲁斯 布魯斯 bù lǔ sī blues (music) (loanword) 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 婉转 婉轉 wǎn zhuǎn (voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful syn 乐迷 樂迷 yuè mí music fan 爱乐 愛樂 ài yuè music-loving / philharmonic 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 民乐 民樂 mín yuè folk music, esp. for traditional instruments syn 节拍 節拍 jié pāi beat (music) / meter syn 小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn 浑厚 渾厚 hún hòu simple and honest / unsophisticated / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 声乐 聲樂 shēng yuè vocal music 小节 小節 xiǎo jié a minor matter / trivia / bar (music) syn 中国音乐 中國音樂 zhōng guó yīn yuè music of China 唱腔 chàng qiāng vocal music (in opera) / aria syn 和声 和聲 hé shēng harmony (music) 夜曲 yè qǔ nocturne (music) 蓝调 藍調 lán diào blues (music) 