录影机 錄影機 lù yǐng jī camcorder / video recorder / videocassette recorder (Tw) / CL:臺|台[tai2] 工尺谱 工尺譜 gōng chě pǔ traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn 乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 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 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 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 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 三角铁 三角鐵 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron 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 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 嘂 jiào old variant of 叫[jiao4] / ancient musical instrument similar to ocarina 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) 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 编磬 編磬 biān qìng musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone 陶笛 táo dí ocarina (musical instrument) 三味线 三味線 sān wèi xiàn shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument 木箱鼓 mù xiāng gǔ cajón (musical instrument) 吹孔 chuī kǒng (of a musical instrument) blow hole 膜孔 mó kǒng hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone 箱鼓 xiāng gǔ cajón (musical instrument) 红牙 紅牙 hóng yá clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red) 拨弦乐器 撥弦樂器 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument 臭氧计 臭氧計 ozonometer / ozone meter / ozone instrument / ozone measuring device / ozone measuring instrument 臭氧测量仪器 臭氧測量儀器 ozonometer / ozone meter / ozone instrument / ozone measuring device / ozone measuring instrument 录音机 錄音機 lù yīn jī (tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL:臺|台[tai2] 录像机 錄像機 lù xiàng jī video recorder / VCR 磁头 磁頭 cí tóu magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc) 记录器 記錄器 jì lù qì recorder 收录机 收錄機 shōu lù jī radio-tape recorder 史官 shǐ guān scribe / court recorder / historian / historiographer 黑箱 hēi xiāng black box / flight recorder / opaque system (computing) 记录员 記錄員 jì lù yuán recorder 飞行记录仪 飛行記錄儀 fēi xíng jì lù yí flight recorder / black box 飞行记录器 飛行記錄器 fēi xíng jì lù qì flight recorder / black box 水位记录器 shuǐ wèi jì lù qì water level recorder 航行数据记录器 Voyage Data Recorder 浮游生物连续记录仪 fú yóu shēng wù lián xù jì lù yí Continuous Plankton Recorder 盒式磁带录像机 hé shì cí dài lù xiàng jī video cassette recorder 浮游生物连续记录仪调查 浮遊生物連續記錄儀調查 Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey 浮游生物记录器 fú yóu shēng wù jì lù qì plankton recorder 浮游生物录像机 浮游生物錄像机 fú yóu shēng wù lù xiàng jī Video Plankton Recorder 驾驶舱语音记录器 駕駛艙語音記錄器 cockpit voice recorder 电池供电的温度记录仪 電池供電的溫度記錄儀 battery-powered temperature recorder 盒式数据记录带 盒式數據記錄帶 cassette data tape recorder 袖珍录音机 袖珍錄音機 pocket voice recorder 多路条图记录器 多路條圖記錄器 multichannel strip chart recorder VCR V C R video clip (loanword from "videocassette recorder") 记工员 記工員 jì gōng yuán work-point recorder 唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] 节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat syn 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition syn 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 进行曲 進行曲 jìn xíng qǔ march (musical) 乐谱 樂譜 yuè pǔ a musical score / sheet music 曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater 三度 sān dù third (musical interval) 调式 調式 diào shì (musical) mode 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) 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 丝竹 絲竹 sī zhú traditional Chinese musical instruments / music 昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times 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) 四重奏 sì chóng zòu quartet (musical ensemble) 重奏 chóng zòu musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏) 三重奏 sān chóng zòu trio (musical ensemble) 乐句 樂句 yuè jù musical phrase 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 杂剧 雜劇 zá jù a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy 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 谱子 譜子 pǔ zi musical score syn 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 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 总谱 總譜 zǒng pǔ musical score 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) 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] 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 籁 籟 lài a sound / a noise / musical pipe with 3 reeds syn 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 高山流水 gāo shān liú shuǐ fig. intimate and understanding friend / sublime musical composition 