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 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 工尺谱 工尺譜 gōng chě pǔ traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes 崇高 chóng gāo majestic / sublime syn 崇 chóng high / sublime / lofty / to esteem / to worship syn 眇眇 miǎo miǎo sublime / solitary / distant or remote / to gaze off into the distance 结构 結構 jié gòu structure / composition / makeup / architecture / CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4] syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 作文 zuò wén to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1] syn 布局 佈局 bù jú arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon) syn 构造 構造 gòu zào structure / composition / tectonic (geology) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 构思 構思 gòu sī to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition syn 定性 dìng xìng to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative syn 构图 構圖 gòu tú (art) composition 诗篇 詩篇 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms syn 内部结构 內部結構 nèi bù jié gòu internal structure / internal composition 化学成分 化學成分 huà xué chéng fèn chemical composition 格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse 笔力 筆力 bǐ lì vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition syn 成章 chéng zhāng to form a coherent composition 构 構 gòu to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) syn 物理结构 物理結構 wù lǐ jié gòu physical composition 卵模 luǎn mó ootype (site of egg composition in flatworm biology) 对课 對課 duì kè to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition) 筋节 筋節 jīn jié lit. muscles and joints / by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc 词翰 詞翰 cí hàn book / written composition / (literary) penned words 阶级成分 階級成分 jiē jí chéng fèn social composition / social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution) 大气组成相关分光光度计 Atmosphere Composition Correlation Spectrophotometer 排字股 Composition Unit 排字和复制合成系统 Typesetting and Reproduction Composition System C－A可塑炸药 composition A 饲料成分 飼料成分 feed composition 性别组成 性別組成 gender composition 性别平衡的结构 性別平衡的結構 gender-balanced composition 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 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) 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 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 音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical 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 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) 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 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) 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 四重奏 sì chóng zòu quartet (musical ensemble) 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) 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 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 竖笛 豎笛 shù dí recorder (musical instrument) / (Tw) clarinet 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] 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 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 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 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 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) 