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 录音 錄音 lù yīn to record (sound) / sound recording / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat 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 叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off syn 音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3he2 yin1xiang3]) syn 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 音频 音頻 yīn pín audio / sound / audio frequency / sound frequency 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 呼呼 hū hū (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep syn 乐谱 樂譜 yuè pǔ a musical score / sheet music 乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition syn 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 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) 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 声息 聲息 shēng xī sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper syn 谱子 譜子 pǔ zi musical score 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 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) 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 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) 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 哇 wā Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting syn 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 响 響 xiǎng echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises 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 哑 啞 yā (onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of 呀[ya1] syn 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 良材 liáng cái good timber / sound material / fig. able person / sound chap 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 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 砉 huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4] syn 声音 聲音 shēng yīn voice / sound / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 声 聲 shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds syn 正确 正確 zhèng què correct / sound / right / proper syn 报警 報警 bào jǐng to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn 平安 píng ān safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace syn 枪声 槍聲 qiāng shēng crack / shooting sound / gunshot 发音 發音 fā yīn to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound syn 传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive syn 风声 風聲 fēng shēng sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation syn 好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions syn 试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn 安然 ān rán calmly / without qualms / free from worry / safe and sound syn 安然无恙 安然無恙 ān rán wú yàng safe and sound (idiom) / to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) syn 安稳 安穩 ān wěn steady / stable / sedate / calm / (of sleep) sound / (of a transition) smooth syn 谐音 諧音 xié yīn homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound) 健全 jiàn quán robust / sound syn 耳熟 ěr shú to sound familiar / familiar-sounding syn 叮当 叮當 dīng dāng (onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 咕噜 咕嚕 gū lu (onom.) to rumble (of a stomach) / to coo (of a dove) / rumbling / noisy drinking sound syn 声波 聲波 shēng bō sound wave 敲响 敲響 qiāo xiǎng to sound a bell / to raise the alarm syn 安好 ān hǎo safe and sound / well syn 声响 聲響 shēng xiǎng sound / noise syn 哭声 哭聲 kū shēng sound of weeping 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 发声 發聲 fā shēng to produce a sound / to vocalize / to give voice / to articulate views or demands syn 汪汪 wāng wāng gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep 叮咚 dīng dōng (onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound syn 鼓声 鼓聲 gǔ shēng sound of a drum / drumbeat 音效 yīn xiào sound effect 