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 录像 錄像 lù xiàng to videotape / to videorecord / video recording / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn 摄像机 攝像機 shè xiàng jī video camera / CL:部[bu4] syn 视频 視頻 shì pín video 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 录像带 錄像帶 lù xiàng dài videotape / video cassette / CL:盤|盘[pan2] 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 录制 錄製 lù zhì to record (video or audio) 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 剪辑 剪輯 jiǎn jí to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / edited version syn 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 短片 duǎn piàn short film / video clip 电子游戏 電子遊戲 diàn zǐ yóu xì computer and video games 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 录像机 錄像機 lù xiàng jī video recorder / VCR 音像 yīn xiàng audio and video / audiovisual syn 手柄 shǒu bǐng handle / video game controller 存档 存檔 cún dàng to archive / to place on file / saved data (for a video game etc) syn 剪接 jiǎn jiē to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / (genetics) to splice syn 秘籍 mì jí rare book / cheat code (video games) syn 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 影音 yǐng yīn (Tw) audio and video / audiovisual 录放 錄放 lù fàng to record and play (audio, video) 显卡 顯卡 xiǎn kǎ video card / display card (computer) 自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie 魔兽世界 魔獸世界 mó shòu shì jiè World of Warcraft (video game) 音视频 音視頻 yīn shì pín sound and video 最终幻想 最終幻想 zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng Final Fantasy (video game) 视讯 視訊 shì xùn video (Tw) 电玩 電玩 diàn wán video game 电子竞技 電子競技 diàn zǐ jìng jì video gaming (as a sport) / e-sports (abbr. to 電競|电竞[dian4 jing4]) 电脑游戏 電腦游戲 diàn nǎo yóu xì video 录影带 錄影帶 lù yǐng dài (Tw) videotape / video cassette / CL:盤|盘[pan2] 无码 無碼 wú mǎ unpixelated or uncensored (of video) 星际争霸 星際爭霸 xīng jì zhēng bà StarCraft (video game series) 资料片 資料片 zī liào piàn a documentary film / (video gaming) expansion / add-on 俄罗斯方块 俄羅斯方塊 é luó sī fāng kuài Tetris (video game) 视频点播 視頻點播 shì pín diǎn bō video on demand 铭瑄 銘瑄 míng xuān MaxSun, PRC company specializing in video and computer display 暗黑破坏神 暗黑破壞神 àn hēi pò huài shén Diablo (video game series) 快手 kuài shǒu Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app syn 恶魔城 惡魔成 è mó chéng Castlevania (video game series) 洛克人 luò kè rén Rockman or Mega Man (video game series) 街头霸王 街頭霸王 jiē tóu bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series) 爆头 爆頭 bào tóu (neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head / headshot 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 忍者神龟 忍者神龜 rěn zhě shén guī Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 雷神之锤 雷神之錘 léi shén zhī chuí Quake (video game series) 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 土豆网 土豆網 tǔ dòu wǎng Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website 航拍 háng pāi aerial photography (video or still) 录影机 錄影機 lù yǐng jī camcorder / video recorder / videocassette recorder (Tw) / CL:臺|台[tai2] 塞尔达 塞爾達 sài ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) 视盘 視盤 shì pán optic disc (anatomy) / video compact disc (VCD) 剪 jiǎn (bound form) scissors or similar tool / to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out / to exterminate / to edit (video, audio etc) syn 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 摄 攝 shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 摄象 攝象 shè xiàng shoot pictures / make a video recording 萨尔达 薩爾達 sà ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau) 弹幕 彈幕 dàn mù barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre) 御宅族 yù zhái zú otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games / see also 宅男[zhai2 nan2] / see also 宅女[zhai2 nu:3] 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 