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xián
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. bow string
  2. 2. string of musical instrument
  3. 3. watchspring
  4. 4. chord (segment of curve)
  5. 5. hypotenuse

Words Containing 弦

小三和弦
xiǎo sān hé xián

minor triad la-do-mi

三和弦
sān hé xián

(music) triad; three-note chord

弓弦
gōng xián

bowstring

弦外之响
xián wài zhī xiǎng

see 弦外之音[xián wài zhī yīn]

G弦裤
g xián kù

G-string

上弦
shàng xián

to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc

七弦琴
qī xián qín

guqin or seven-stringed zither

弦论
xián lùn

string theory (in theoretical physics)

正弦定理
zhèng xián dìng lǐ

law of sines

弦乐队
xián yuè duì

string orchestra

下弦月
xià xián yuè

third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon

下弦
xià xián

last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)

正弦
zhèng xián

(math.) sine

弦而鼓之
xián ér gǔ zhī

to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温[liú bó wēn])

琴弦
qín xián

string (of a stringed instrument)

管弦乐
guǎn xián yuè

orchestral music

促弦
cù xián

to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)

增三和弦
zēng sān hé xián

augmented triad (musical chord)

口弦
kǒu xián

Jew's harp

鹍弦
kūn xián

pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kūn jī]

正弦形
zhèng xián xíng

sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)

弦诵不辍
xián sòng bù chuò

incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)

弦外之音
xián wài zhī yīn

overtone (music)

七和弦
qī hé xián

seventh (musical cord)

弦乐
xián yuè

string music

双曲正弦
shuāng qū zhèng xián

hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)

弦乐器
xián yuè qì

string instrument

管弦乐队
guǎn xián yuè duì

orchestra

弦鸣乐器
xián míng yuè qì

string instrument

弦月
xián yuè

half-moon

扣人心弦
kòu rén xīn xián

to excite

和弦
hé xián

chord (music)

双曲余弦
shuāng qū yú xián

hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.)

续弦
xù xián

(literary) (of a widower) to remarry

心弦
xīn xián

heartstrings

余弦
yú xián

(math.) cosine

上弦月
shàng xián yuè

first quarter moon

弦数
xián shù

number of strings (of an instrument)

击弦类
jī xián lèi

hammered string type (of musical instrument)

大三和弦
dà sān hé xián

major triad do-mi-so

分散和弦
fēn sàn hé xián

(music) arpeggio

超弦
chāo xián

superstring (physics)

弦切角
xián qiē jiǎo

chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)

展弦比
zhǎn xián bǐ

(wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)

拨弦乐器
bō xián yuè qì

plucked string or stringed instrument

定弦
dìng xián

tuning (stringed instrument)

改弦易辙
gǎi xián yì zhé

change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction

弦歌
xián gē

to sing to a string accompaniment

主和弦
zhǔ hé xián

tonic triad

管弦乐团
guǎn xián yuè tuán

orchestra

正弦波
zhèng xián bō

sine wave

弦月窗
xián yuè chuāng

a narrow slit window

常德丝弦
cháng dé sī xián

Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments

断弦
duàn xián

widowed

击弦类乐器
jī xián lèi yuè qì

hammered string musical instrument

弦外之意
xián wài zhī yì

see 弦外之音[xián wài zhī yīn]

双曲线正弦
shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián

hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)

弦理论
xián lǐ lùn

string theory (physics)