弦

xián

Definitions

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

Words Containing 弦

• 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián: to excite
• G弦裤 g xián kù: G-string
• 七和弦 qī hé xián: seventh (musical cord)
• 七弦琴 qī xián qín: guqin or seven-stringed zither
• 三和弦 sān hé xián: (music) triad; three-note chord
• 上弦 shàng xián: to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc
• 上弦月 shàng xián yuè: first quarter moon
• 下弦 xià xián: last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
• 下弦月 xià xián yuè: third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
• 主和弦 zhǔ hé xián: tonic triad
• 促弦 cù xián: to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
• 分散和弦 fēn sàn hé xián: (music) arpeggio
• 口弦 kǒu xián: Jew's harp
• 和弦 hé xián: chord (music)
• 增三和弦 zēng sān hé xián: augmented triad (musical chord)
• 大三和弦 dà sān hé xián: major triad do-mi-so
• 定弦 dìng xián: tuning (stringed instrument)
• 小三和弦 xiǎo sān hé xián: minor triad la-do-mi
• 展弦比 zhǎn xián bǐ: (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
• 常德丝弦 cháng dé sī xián: Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
• 弓弦 gōng xián: bowstring
• 弦切角 xián qiē jiǎo: chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
• 弦外之意 xián wài zhī yì: see 弦外之音[xián wài zhī yīn]
• 弦外之音 xián wài zhī yīn: overtone (music)
• 弦外之响 xián wài zhī xiǎng: see 弦外之音[xián wài zhī yīn]
• 弦数 xián shù: number of strings (of an instrument)
• 弦月 xián yuè: half-moon
• 弦月窗 xián yuè chuāng: a narrow slit window
• 弦乐 xián yuè: string music
• 弦乐器 xián yuè qì: string instrument
• 弦乐队 xián yuè duì: string orchestra
• 弦歌 xián gē: to sing to a string accompaniment
• 弦理论 xián lǐ lùn: string theory (physics)
• 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])
• 弦诵不辍 xián sòng bù chuò: incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
• 弦论 xián lùn: string theory (in theoretical physics)
• 弦鸣乐器 xián míng yuè qì: string instrument
• 心弦 xīn xián: heartstrings
• 拨弦乐器 bō xián yuè qì: plucked string or stringed instrument
• 击弦类 jī xián lèi: hammered string type (of musical instrument)
• 击弦类乐器 jī xián lèi yuè qì: hammered string musical instrument
• 改弦易辙 gǎi xián yì zhé: change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
• 断弦 duàn xián: widowed
• 正弦 zhèng xián: (math.) sine
• 正弦定理 zhèng xián dìng lǐ: law of sines
• 正弦形 zhèng xián xíng: sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
• 正弦波 zhèng xián bō: sine wave
• 琴弦 qín xián: string (of a stringed instrument)
• 管弦乐 guǎn xián yuè: orchestral music
• 管弦乐团 guǎn xián yuè tuán: orchestra
• 管弦乐队 guǎn xián yuè duì: orchestra
• 续弦 xù xián: (literary) (of a widower) to remarry
• 超弦 chāo xián: superstring (physics)
• 双曲正弦 shuāng qū zhèng xián: hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
• 双曲线正弦 shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián: hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
• 双曲余弦 shuāng qū yú xián: hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.)
• 余弦 yú xián: (math.) cosine
• 鹍弦 kūn xián: pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kūn jī]