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 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 秦腔 qín qiāng Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera syn 广场舞 廣場舞 guǎng chǎng wǔ square dancing, an exercise routine performed to music in public squares, parks and plazas, popular esp. among middle-aged and retired women in China 中国通 中國通 zhōng guó tōng China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand 中国新闻社 中國新聞社 zhōng guó xīn wén shè China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China 自由中国 自由中國 zì yóu zhōng guó Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China") 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 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 巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn 大调 大調 dà diào major key (in music) 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) syn 简谱 簡譜 jiǎn pǔ music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 组曲 組曲 zǔ qǔ suite (music) 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) 听写 聽寫 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear 铜管 銅管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 仙乐 仙樂 xiān yuè heavenly music 音律 yīn lǜ tuning / temperament / music syn 音域 yīn yù vocal range / register (music) 说书 說書 shuō shū folk art consisting of storytelling to music syn 