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 奥斯卡 奧斯卡 ào sī kǎ (film industry) Oscar (Academy Award) / CL:屆|届[jie4] / (name) Oscar 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 军校 軍校 jūn xiào military school / military academy 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 院校 yuàn xiào college / academy / educational institution syn 研究院 yán jiū yuàn research institute / academy 科学院 科學院 kē xué yuàn academy of sciences / CL:個|个[ge4] 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 书院 書院 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) syn 学园 學園 xué yuán academy / campus 院士 yuàn shì scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy) 中国科学院 中國科學院 zhōng guó kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Science 中科院 zhōng kē yuàn abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院[Zhong1 guo2 She4 hui4 Ke1 xue2 yuan4], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 社科院 shè kē yuàn (Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 中国社会科学院 中國社會科學院 zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 翰林 hàn lín refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院 中国工程院 中國工程院 zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn Chinese Academy of Engineering 北京电影学院 北京電影學院 běi jīng diàn yǐng xué yuàn Beijing Film Academy 音乐之声 音樂之聲 yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) 奥斯卡金像奖 奧斯卡金像獎 ào sī kǎ jīn xiàng jiǎng an Academy Award / an Oscar 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 黄埔军校 黃埔軍校 huáng pǔ jūn xiào Whampoa Military Academy 翰林院 hàn lín yuàn Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy) 中央戏剧学院 中央戲劇學院 zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn Central Academy of Drama 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 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 听写 聽寫 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear 仙乐 仙樂 xiān yuè heavenly music 幽雅 yōu yǎ serene and elegant (of a place) / ethereal (of music) syn 轻音乐 輕音樂 qīng yīn yuè light music 谱曲 譜曲 pǔ qǔ to compose a piece of music syn 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 组曲 組曲 zǔ qǔ suite (music) 音律 yīn lǜ tuning / temperament / music syn 民乐 民樂 mín yuè folk music, esp. for traditional instruments syn 电子琴 電子琴 diàn zǐ qín electronic keyboard (music) 