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 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 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 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 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 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn 五线谱 五線譜 wǔ xiàn pǔ (music) staff / stave 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 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 短板 duǎn bǎn short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming / weak point 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 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 缓 緩 huǎn slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate syn 箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes 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 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 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 缓兵之计 緩兵之計 huǎn bīng zhī jì delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite 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 魔高一丈，道高一尺 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil. 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) 三音度 sān yīn dù third (musical interval) 五度 wǔ dù five degrees / fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh) 五音度 wǔ yīn dù fifth (musical interval) 促弦 cù xián to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument) 修音 xiū yīn voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument) 先期录音 先期錄音 xiān qī lù yīn (filmmaking) to prerecord a musical soundtrack to which actors will later synchronize their performance during filming 全度音 quán dù yīn whole tone (musical interval) 全音 quán yīn whole tone (musical interval) 八重奏 bā chóng zòu octet (musical ensemble) 喜歌剧院 喜歌劇院 xǐ gē jù yuàn musical theater / Opéra Comique, Paris 嘲哳 zhāo zhā (onom.) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical instruments, or birds twittering 增三和弦 zēng sān hé xián augmented triad (musical chord) 大三度 dà sān dù major third (musical interval) 大小三度 dà xiǎo sān dù major and minor third (musical interval) 小三度 xiǎo sān dù minor third (musical interval) 小技 xiǎo jì small skills / folk musical theater 击弦类 擊弦類 jī xián lèi hammered string type (of musical instrument) 击弦类乐器 擊弦類樂器 jī xián lèi yuè qì hammered string musical instrument 整声 整聲 zhěng shēng to tune (a musical instrument) / to regulate the sound 梧桐木 wú tóng mù Paulownia wood used for musical instruments 琴书 琴書 qín shū traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment 白朴 白樸 bái pǔ Bai Pu (1226-1306), 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 编磬 編磬 biān qìng musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone 舞台音乐 舞台音樂 wǔ tái yīn yuè musical theater 补足音程 補足音程 bǔ zú yīn chéng complementary interval / addition musical interval adding to an octave 郑光祖 鄭光祖 zhèng guāng zǔ Zheng Guangzu, 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 陶笛 táo dí ocarina (musical instrument) 音名 yīn míng names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi) 音级 音級 yīn jí a note on a musical scale 音长 音長 yīn cháng sound duration / length of a musical note 三味线 三味線 sān wèi xiàn shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument 木箱鼓 mù xiāng gǔ cajón (musical instrument) 