"Instrument" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc)
 yí qì instrument / apparatus / CL:臺|台[tai2]
 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon
 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument
 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4]
 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc) / loudspeaker / brass wind instrument / trumpet / suona 鎖吶|锁呐[suo3 na4]
 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt
 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
 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)
 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string)
 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere)
 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music)
 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3]
 guāng xué yí qì optical instrument
 jīn róng gōng jù financial instrument
 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument
 dǎ jī yuè qì percussion instrument
 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
 pī zhǔn shū instrument of ratification
 qín shī player of a stringed instrument
 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument
 xián yuè qì string instrument
  monitoring instrument
 guǎn yuè qì wind instrument / woodwind
 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon)
 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan
 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument
 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old)
 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4]
 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1]
 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes
 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
 yú free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
 qíng instrument for straightening bows
 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse
 chán sharp instrument for digging
 chán sharp instrument for digging
 jiàn pán yuè qì keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc)
 mù guǎn yuè qì woodwind instrument
 yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
 bǎi yè xiāng Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments) / thermometer screen / instrument shelter
 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument
 jiào old variant of 叫[jiao4] / ancient musical instrument similar to ocarina
 jiào (old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel / to proofread / to collate
 yǔ percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick
 zhù percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
 sān yòng biǎo instrument console (diving)
 xìn yòng zhèng quàn instrument of credit / letter of credit / see also 信用證|信用证[xin4 yong4 zheng4] / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 zhài wù zhèng shū debt instrument
 huàn tou percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention
 xián míng yuè qì string instrument
 pái shēng reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard
 jī xián lèi yuè qì hammered string musical instrument
 jí fǒu to beat time with a percussion instrument made of pottery
 háng yáng lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
 háng yáng dāo jù lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
 yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
 qín shǒu player of a stringed instrument
 shēng xiāo reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
 kōng huáng old reed wind instrument / (possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 / harp or 笙簧 / sheng)
 huáng shé the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument
 biān qìng musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone
 hú shēng pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
 bì lì ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna)
 bì lì ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna)
 chóng tán to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again
 xiǎng qì percussion instrument
 yí biǎo zhuó lù xì tǒng instrument landing system
线 sān wèi xiàn shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
  instrument calibration / calibration
 rén quán wén shū human rights instrument
 yí qì gù zhàng instrument malfunction
 jūn shì zhī chū guó jì biāo zhǔn huì bào biǎo instrument for standardized international reporting of military expenditures
 bì xiǎn gōng jù hedge instrument (banking, financial, monetary)
 diàn huà qì cái telephone instrument
 yí biǎo dìng wèi xì tǒng Instrument Pointing System
 jiāo píng miàn yí qì focal plane instrument
  European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights
-马  Mast-Brewer electrochemical sonde / Brewer-Mast electrochemical sonde / Mast ozone meter / Brewer instrument
  non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests
 zhèng cè zhī chí gōng jù Policy Support Instrument
 liú tòng piào jù negotiable instrument
  non-binding instrument
 lián hé guó jūn shì zhī chū biāo zhǔn huì bào zhì duó United Nations System for the Standardized Reporting of Military Expenditures / standardized instrument for reporting military expenditures
 jūn shì zhī chū biāo zhǔn huì bào biǎo United Nations System for the Standardized Reporting of Military Expenditures / standardized instrument for reporting military expenditures
  World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace
  neutron detection and measuring instrument
 gǎi zǔ hòu quán qiú huán jìng jī jīn tòng zé Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility
  forest legal instrument
 líng huó jī zhì flexible instrument / flexible mechanism
  Dobson (total) (ozone) spectrophotometer / Dobson meter, Dobson instrument
  Instrument for Stability
  market-based instrument
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