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"string" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
绳子 繩子 shéng zi cord / string / rope / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn
字符串 zì fú chuàn string (computing)
琴弦 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument)
细线 細線 xì xiàn string / thread
细绳 細繩 xì shéng string / twine / cord
线 線 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) syn
线绳 線繩 xiàn shéng string / cotton rope
符串 fú chuàn string (as in "character string")
Chinese Pinyin Translation
鞭炮 biān pào firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL:枚[mei2] syn
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn
吊 弔 diào a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4] syn
弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn
一系列 yī xì liè a series of / a string of syn
断线 斷線 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn
二胡 èr hú erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle) / alto fiddle / CL:把[ba3] syn
连珠 連珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row syn
弦乐 弦樂 xián yuè string music
字串 zì chuàn (computing) character string (Tw)
弹唱 彈唱 tán chàng to sing and play (plucked string instrument)
豆角 dòu jiǎo string bean / snap bean / green bean syn
纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn
琴瑟 qín sè qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony
扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn
成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
上弦 shàng xián to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
结子 結子 jié zi knot (on a rope or string) syn
弦乐器 弦樂器 xián yuè qì string instrument syn
贯串 貫串 guàn chuàn to pierce through / to string together syn
网袋 網袋 wǎng dài string bag / mesh bag / net bag syn
改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn
比量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) syn
弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn
头绳 頭繩 tóu shéng string to tie hair syn
弹拨乐器 彈撥樂器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4]
贯 貫 guàn to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash syn
绾 綰 wǎn bind up / string together syn
缗 緡 mín cord / fishing-line / string of coins syn
镪 鏹 qiǎng money / string of coins
絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse
珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair syn
断线风筝 斷線風箏 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) syn
琴瑟不调 琴瑟不調 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
繁征博引 繁徵博引 fán zhēng bó yǐn an elaborate string of references / many quotations
线团 線團 xiàn tuán ball of string
弦乐队 弦樂隊 xián yuè duì string orchestra
重弹 重彈 chóng tán to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again
拨弦乐器 撥弦樂器 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument
超弦理论 超弦理論 chāo xián lǐ lùn (super-) string theory
纙 luò string on which coins are strung
串处理 串處理 chuàn chǔ lǐ string processing (computing)
弦理论 弦理論 xián lǐ lùn string theory (physics)
弦论 弦論 xián lùn string theory (in theoretical physics)
弦鸣乐器 弦鳴樂器 xián míng yuè qì string instrument
弹拨 彈撥 tán bō to pluck (a string)
弹拨乐 彈撥樂 tán bō yuè plucked string music
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
断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
发音体 發音體 fā yīn tǐ sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc)
量子沫 liàng zǐ mò quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction)
钱串 錢串 qián chuàn string of cash
钱串子 錢串子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede syn
放线 放線 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field
管柱 pipe string
钻柱 鉆柱 drill string
藏镜人 藏鏡人 cáng jìng rén man behind the mirror / puppet master / string puller
G弦裤 G弦褲 G xián kù G-string
一条绳上的蚂蚱 一條繩上的螞蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
常德丝弦 常德絲弦 cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
捯 dáo (coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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