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 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn 场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn 场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn 节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat syn 设定 設定 shè dìng to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences 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 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 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 夕阳 夕陽 xī yáng sunset / the setting sun syn 乐谱 樂譜 yuè pǔ a musical score / sheet music 乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition syn 默认 默認 mò rèn to agree tacitly / tacit approval / default (setting) 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 落日 luò rì setting sun 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 四重奏 sì chóng zòu quartet (musical ensemble) 情境 qíng jìng situation / context / setting / environment syn 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 谱子 譜子 pǔ zi musical score syn 斜阳 斜陽 xié yáng setting sun syn 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone 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 夕照 xī zhào glow of the setting sun 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) 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 缺省 quē shěng default (setting) 先进集体 先進集體 xiān jìn jí tǐ (official accolade) pace-setting team / exemplary group 掩映 yǎn yìng hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other syn 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 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 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) 横排 héng pái horizontal setting (printing) syn 乐句 樂句 yuè jù musical phrase 杂剧 雜劇 zá jù a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy 课间操 課間操 kè jiān cāo setting-up exercises during the break (between classes) 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 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) 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 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 余光 餘光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun 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 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] 竖笛 豎笛 shù dí recorder (musical instrument) / (Tw) clarinet 总谱 總譜 zǒng pǔ musical score 招股书 招股書 zhāo gǔ shū prospectus (setting out a share offer) 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 八音盒 bā yīn hé musical box syn 直笛 zhí dí (Tw) recorder (musical instrument) 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 祃 禡 mà (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war 问罪之师 問罪之師 wèn zuì zhī shī punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach 回光反照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 回光返照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 高山流水 gāo shān liú shuǐ fig. intimate and understanding friend / sublime musical composition 工尺谱 工尺譜 gōng chě pǔ traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 九份 jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies 制定标准 制定標準 zhì dìng biāo zhǔn standard-setting 确定目标 确定目標 què dìng mù biāo target-setting 采伐单元 采伐單元 cutting unit / setting 构造背景 gòu zào bèi jǐng tectonic setting 初始组 初始組 setting-out party 收入补助 收入補助 off-setting income support 规范和标准制定措施 規範和標準制定措施 norm- and standard-setting measures 制定国家残疾人政策 －行动议程国际会议 制定國家殘疾人政策 －行動議程國際會議 International Conference on Setting National Disability Policies - An Agenda for Action 初始通道 setting-out lane 碰瓷 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car) 孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) 崦嵫 yān zī (old) name of a mountain in Gansu, where the setting sun was supposed to enter the earth 直排 zhí pái vertical setting (printing) 择日不如撞日 擇日不如撞日 zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion 嘂 jiào old variant of 叫[jiao4] / ancient musical instrument similar to ocarina 七和弦 qī hé xián seventh (musical cord) 七声 七聲 qī shēng tones of the musical scale 三音 sān yīn third (musical interval, e.g. do-mi) 