"弦" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 弓亠幺
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Prononciation
Mandarin xián
Entry Methods
Pinyin xian2
Kanji /
Cangjie
NYVI
弓卜女戈
Sijiao 1023.2
Wubi XYXY
CNS 11643 1-4D38
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Unicode U+5F26
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 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1]
Results beginning with 弦
 xián yuè string music
 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
 xián duàn chord segment
 xián lùn string theory (in theoretical physics)
 xián shù number of strings (of an instrument)
 xián yuè half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
 xián yuè qì string instrument
 xián bèi sī acoustic bass (guitar)
 xián lǐ lùn string theory (physics)
 xián qiē jiǎo chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
 xián yuè chuāng a narrow slit window / a lunette
 xián yuè duì string orchestra
 xián wài zhī xiǎng see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1]
 xián wài zhī yì see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1]
 xián wài zhī yīn overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
 xián ér gǔ zhī lit. to tune one's zither then play it / fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions / to make one's bed then lie on it
 xián míng yuè qì string instrument
 xián sòng bù chuò variant of 弦誦不輟|弦诵不辍[xian2 song4 bu4 chuo4]
 xián sòng bù chuò incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
Approximate Results for 弦
 hé xián chord (music)
 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument)
 xīn xián heartstrings
 gōng xián bowstring
 zhèng xián (math.) sine
 shàng xián to wind / to tighten / crescent moon / first quarter or waxing moon
 yú xián (math.) cosine
 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
 xù xián (literary) (of a widower) to remarry
 chāo xián superstring (physics)
 cù xián to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
 dìng xián tuning (stringed instrument) / (fig.) to make up one's mind
 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
 kǒu xián Jew's harp
 kūn xián pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]
 xià xián third quarter or waning moon
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G弦 G xián kù G-string
 guǎn xián yuè orchestral music
 zhèng xián bō sine wave / simple harmonic vibration
 shàng xián yuè first quarter moon
 qī xián qín guqin or seven-stringed zither
 gōng xián r bowstring
 jī xián lèi hammered string type (of musical instrument)
 qī hé xián seventh (musical cord)
 sān hé xián triad / musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
 xià xián yuè third quarter or waning moon
 zhǎn xián bǐ (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
 zhèng xián xíng sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
 zhǔ hé xián tonic triad / triad of the home key
 kòu rén xīn xián to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging
 guǎn xián yuè duì orchestra
 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument
 Cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
 chāo xián lǐ lùn (super-) string theory
 dà sān hé xián major triad do-mi-so
 fēn sàn hé xián (music) arpeggio
 guǎn xián yuè tuán orchestra
 jī xián bèi sī slap bass (bass guitar technique)
 shuāng qū yú xián hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.)
 shuāng qū zhèng xián hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
 xiǎo sān hé xián minor triad la-do-mi
 zēng sān hé xián augmented triad (musical chord)
 zhèng xián dìng lǐ law of sines
 jī xián lèi yuè qì hammered string musical instrument
线 shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
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