配乐 配樂 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 雅郑 雅鄭 yǎ zhèng court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 sheng1], music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd) 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 印度音乐 印度音樂 yìn dù yīn yuè Bhangra, Indian music (music genre) 曲风 曲風 qǔ fēng music style / music genre 诗话 詩話 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 嘻哈 xī hā hip-hop (music genre) (loanword) 小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) syn 电音 電音 diàn yīn electronic music (genre) 浩室 hào shì house (music genre) (loanword) 后摇 後搖 hòu yáo post-rock (music genre) 后摇滚 後搖滾 hòu yáo gǔn post-rock (music genre) 自由爵士乐 自由爵士樂 zì yóu jué shì yuè free jazz (music genre) 出神音乐 出神音樂 chū shén yīn yuè trance (music genre) 时代曲 時代曲 shí dài qǔ shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz 鼓打贝斯 鼓打貝斯 gǔ dǎ bèi sī drum and bass (music genre) 摇摆乐 搖擺樂 yáo bǎi yuè swing (genre of jazz music) 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 现代音乐 現代音樂 xiàn dài yīn yuè modern music / contemporary music 哑鼓 啞鼓 yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music) 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 郑声 鄭聲 zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn 剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 武侠 武俠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant syn 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn 无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century 体裁 體裁 tǐ cái genre / style / form of writing syn 古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn 二人转 二人轉 èr rén zhuàn genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China 杂感 雜感 zá gǎn random thoughts (a literary genre) 诗体 詩體 shī tǐ poetic form or genre 山水诗 山水詩 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry 纪传体 紀傳體 jì zhuàn tǐ history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian 辞 辭 cí to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn 恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 正太控 zhèng tài kòng shotacon (Japanese loanword) / manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manner 莲花落 蓮花落 lián huā lào genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers syn 萝莉控 蘿莉控 luó lì kòng lolicon or rorikon (Japanese loanword) / manga or anime genre depicting young girls in an erotic manner 体式 體式 tǐ shì (of characters) form / style (cursive, printed etc) / (of a literary work) form / style / genre 演歌 yǎn gē enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads) 纯爱 純愛 chún ài pure love / BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media) 古体诗 古體詩 gǔ tǐ shī a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line syn 惊栗 驚慄 jīng lì horror (genre) / to tremble in fear 二人台 二人臺 èr rén tái genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia 青绿山水 青綠山水 qīng lǜ shān shuǐ blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate) 吃播 chī bō mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience 家传 家傳 jiā zhuàn family history (as a literary genre) syn 近体诗 近體詩 jìn tǐ shī a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form 霸道总裁 霸道總裁 bà dào zǒng cái handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status) 志怪小说 志怪小說 zhì guài xiǎo shuō tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction) 警匪 jǐng fěi police and criminals / (genre of fiction) crime 橘味 jú wèi tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships) 耽美 dān měi (slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature) 谍战 諜戰 dié zhàn (movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s) 架空历史 架空歷史 jià kōng lì shǐ alternate history / counterfactual history (genre of fiction) 仙侠 仙俠 xiān xiá (fiction genre) xianxia / Chinese fantasy featuring immortals, spiritual cultivation 修仙[xiu1 xian1], and other supernatural elements 音乐 音樂 yīn yuè music / CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4] syn 速度 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 专辑 專輯 zhuān jí album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material syn 唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 力度 lì dù strength / vigor / efforts / (music) dynamics 和弦 hé xián chord (music) 舞曲 wǔ qǔ dance music 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 曲目 qǔ mù repertoire / program / song / piece of music syn 作曲 zuò qǔ to compose (music) syn 流行音乐 流行音樂 liú xíng yīn yuè pop music 编曲 編曲 biān qǔ to compose (music) / arrangement 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn 失调 失調 shī diào out of tune (music) syn 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 回音 huí yīn echo / reply / turn (ornament in music) syn 音乐学院 音樂學院 yīn yuè xué yuàn music academy / conservatory 波音 bō yīn mordent (music) 幽雅 yōu yǎ serene and elegant (of a place) / ethereal (of music) syn 协和 協和 xié hé to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant syn 摇滚乐 搖滾樂 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll 转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) syn 名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music 古典音乐 古典音樂 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music 二度 èr dù again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes) 布鲁斯 布魯斯 bù lǔ sī blues (music) (loanword) 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 