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 节日 節日 jié rì holiday / festival / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 过节 過節 guò jié to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) 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 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 电影节 電影節 diàn yǐng jié film festival / CL:屆|届[jie4] 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 啤酒节 啤酒節 pí jiǔ jié Beer Festival 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 艺术节 藝術節 yì shù jié arts festival 灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance 节庆 節慶 jié qìng festival 春节 春節 chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) syn 花会 花會 huā huì flower fair or festival 明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn 影展 yǐng zhǎn film festival / photography exhibition 灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 月饼 月餅 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) 中秋节 中秋節 zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month syn 端午节 端午節 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 花灯 花燈 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节) 重阳节 重陽節 chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn 元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 金马奖 金馬獎 jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 重阳 重陽 chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 万圣节 萬聖節 wàn shèng jié All Saints (Christian festival) 清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 年画 年畫 nián huà New Year (Spring Festival) picture 春联 春聯 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) syn 灯谜 燈謎 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year) 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 祭典 jì diǎn sacrificial ceremony / religious festival 香包 xiāng bāo a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival 年节 年節 nián jié the New Year festival syn 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 龙船 龍船 lóng chuán dragon boat (used at 端午[Duan1 wu3], the Dragon Boat Festival) syn 火把节 火把節 huǒ bǎ jié Torch Festival 社火 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc) 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 金狮奖 金獅獎 jīn shī jiǎng Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival syn 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) 古尔邦节 古爾邦節 gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar 重九 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month) 雄黄酒 雄黃酒 xióng huáng jiǔ realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]) 社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) 开斋节 開齋節 kāi zhāi jié (Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan 中元节 中元節 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 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 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) 