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"musical note" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) syn
注意 zhù yì to take note of / to pay attention to syn
记录 記錄 jì lù to record / record (written account) / note-taker / record (in sports etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
记 記 jì to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots syn
金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1]
石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
商 shāng commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) syn
演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn
节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat syn
条子 條子 tiáo zi short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute syn
留意 liú yì to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of syn
音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical
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
乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn
字条 字條 zì tiáo brief note
便条 便條 biàn tiáo (informal) note / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4] syn
弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn
音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn
大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn
乐谱 樂譜 yuè pǔ a musical score / sheet music
假钞 假鈔 jiǎ chāo counterfeit money / forged note
乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition syn
致谢 致謝 zhì xiè expression of gratitude / to give thanks / a thank-you note / acknowledgement syn
风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument)
声调 聲調 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
票据 票據 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt syn
进行曲 進行曲 jìn xíng qǔ march (musical)
基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn
注解 註解 zhù jiě to annotate / annotation / comment / interpretation / to explain with notes / explanatory note syn
四重奏 sì chóng zòu quartet (musical ensemble)
音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale
照会 照會 zhào huì a diplomatic note / letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments syn
附注 附註 fù zhù note / annotation
高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn
便笺 便箋 biàn jiān a note / a memo / notepaper / memo pad syn
备考 備考 bèi kǎo to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference syn
谱子 譜子 pǔ zi musical score syn
通牒 tōng dié diplomatic note syn
三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn
调式 調式 diào shì (musical) mode
丝竹 絲竹 sī zhú traditional Chinese musical instruments / music
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)
扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn
原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument)
温馨提示 溫馨提示 wēn xīn tí shì Please note: / tip / hint
背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater
三度 sān dù third (musical interval)
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)
昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn
死亡笔记 死亡筆記 sǐ wáng bǐ jì Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4]
调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument)
本票 běn piào cashier's check / promissory note
重奏 chóng zòu musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏)
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
三重奏 sān chóng zòu trio (musical ensemble)
明察 míng chá to note clearly / to perceive
乐句 樂句 yuè jù musical phrase
杂剧 雜劇 zá jù a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy
关汉卿 關漢卿 guān hàn qīng Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
按语 按語 àn yǔ note / comment syn
追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn
角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn
注 註 zhù to register / to annotate / note / comment syn
音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn
土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn
尺 chě one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3] syn
弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn
箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes syn
剌 lá variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2]) syn
羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale syn
札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn
徵 zhēng 4th note in pentatonic scale
徵 zhǐ 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol
假条 假條 jià tiáo leave of absence request (from work or school) / excuse note / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn
笺 箋 jiān letter / note-paper syn
谘 諮 zī simplified form of 諮 (Note: In practice, 咨 is usually used in simplified Chinese rather than 谘, even though 咨 is not officially designated as the simplified form of 諮.)
三角铁 三角鐵 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron syn
籁 籟 lài a sound / a noise / musical pipe with 3 reeds syn
期票 qī piào promissory note / IOU
马致远 馬緻遠 mǎ zhì yuǎn Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1]
柬 jiǎn card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3] syn
竖笛 豎笛 shù dí recorder (musical instrument) / (Tw) clarinet
总谱 總譜 zǒng pǔ musical score
铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum
打白条 打白條 dǎ bái tiáo to write an IOU or promissory note
辅币 輔幣 fǔ bì fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency) / token (used instead of money for slot machines etc) syn
八音盒 bā yīn hé musical box syn
回条 回條 huí tiáo receipt / note acknowledging receipt syn
病假条 病假條 bìng jià tiáo sick note / medical certificate for sick leave syn
名媛 míng yuán young lady of note / debutante
绝命书 絕命書 jué mìng shū suicide note
直笛 zhí dí (Tw) recorder (musical instrument)
镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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