淫靡 yín mǐ profligate / extravagantly showy / (of music) lascivious / decadent 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) 靡靡之音 mǐ mǐ zhī yīn (idiom) decadent music 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 好色 hào sè to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny syn 淫荡 淫蕩 yín dàng loose in morals / lascivious / licentious / lewd syn 淫贱 淫賤 yín jiàn morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean / wanton 娇态 嬌態 jiāo tài charming attitude / lascivious pose 冶荡 冶蕩 yě dàng lewd / lascivious 淫行 yín xíng wanton or lascivious behavior / adulterous behavior 淫风 淫風 yín fēng lascivious / wanton 色字头上一把刀 色字頭上一把刀 sè zì tóu shàng yī bǎ dāo lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences 颓废 頹廢 tuí fèi decadent / dispirited / depressed / dejected syn 腐朽 fǔ xiǔ rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate syn 骄奢淫逸 驕奢淫逸 jiāo shē yín yì extravagant and dissipated / decadent syn 穨 tuí to become bald / decadent 颓废派 頹廢派 tuí fèi pài decadents (of the Decadent movement of late 19th century Europe) 颓放 頹放 tuí fàng decadent / dissolute / degenerate 颓风 頹風 tuí fēng degenerate custom / decadent ways 腐旧 腐舊 fǔ jiù outmoded / decadent / decaying 腐国 腐國 fǔ guó UK (slang term reflecting a perception of UK as decadent for its attitudes toward homosexuality) 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) 曲风 曲風 qǔ fēng music style / music genre 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) 音乐节 音樂節 yīn yuè jié music festival 图谱 圖譜 tú pǔ archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures) / atlas / collection of illustrations or sheet music 电子琴 電子琴 diàn zǐ qín electronic keyboard (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 乐谱 樂譜 yuè pǔ a musical score / sheet music 荣登 榮登 róng dēng (of a list, music chart etc) to reach the top 弦乐 弦樂 xián yuè string music 过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera syn 轻音乐 輕音樂 qīng yīn yuè light music 朋克 péng kè punk (music style) (loanword) 器乐 器樂 qì yuè instrumental music 合奏 hé zòu to perform music (as an ensemble) 昂扬 昂揚 áng yáng elated / high-spirited / uplifting (music) syn 管弦乐 管弦樂 guǎn xián yuè orchestral music 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 考级 考級 kǎo jí to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam 