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弦

xián

HSK 6 Character Measure word 根

What 弦 means

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

Example sentences

• 一个管弦乐团沿着路前进
  Yī gè guǎnxiányuètuán yánzhe lù qiánjìn
  A brass band is marching along the street.
• 你会弹都塔尔二弦琴吗？
  Can you play the dutar?
• 我弄断了我吉他的一根弦。
  Wǒ nòng duàn le wǒ jítā de yī gēn xián.
  I broke a string on my guitar.
• 我打算加入学校的管弦乐团。
  Wǒ dǎsuàn jiārù xuéxiào de guǎnxiányuètuán.
  I'm going to join the school orchestra.
• 这是管弦乐团的第五场音乐会。
  Zhè shì guǎnxiányuètuán de dìwǔ chǎng yīnyuèhuì.
  This is the fifth concert by this orchestra.
• 钢琴是和弦乐器，笛子是单音乐器。
  The piano is a chord instrument, while the flute is a monophonic instrument.

Words starting with 弦

• 弦乐xián yuèstring music
• 弦数xián shùnumber of strings (of an instrument)
• 弦月xián yuèhalf-moon; the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
• 弦歌xián gēto sing to a string accompaniment; education…
• 弦论xián lùnstring theory (in theoretical physics)
• 弦切角xián qiē jiǎochord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
• 弦月窗xián yuè chuānga narrow slit window; a lunette
• 弦乐器xián yuè qìstring instrument
• 弦乐队xián yuè duìstring orchestra
• 弦理论xián lǐ lùnstring theory (physics)
• 弦外之音xián wài zhī yīnovertone (music); (fig.) connotation; implied meaning
• 弦而鼓之xián ér gǔ zhīto put strings on the zither, then play it…
• 弦鸣乐器xián míng yuè qìstring instrument
• 弦外之意xián wài zhī yìsee 弦外之音
• 弦外之响xián wài zhī xiǎngsee 弦外之音

Words containing 弦

• 和弦hé xián(music) chord
• 琴弦qín xiánstring (of a stringed instrument)
• 心弦xīn xiánheartstrings
• 管弦乐guǎn xián yuèorchestral music
• 扣人心弦kòu rén xīn xiánto excite; to thrill; exciting
• 上弦shàng xiánto wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc; to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc…
• 下弦xià xiánlast quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
• 促弦cù xiánto tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
• 口弦kǒu xiánJew's harp
• 定弦dìng xiántuning (stringed instrument); (fig.) to make up one's mind
• 断弦duàn xiánwidowed; lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟
• 正弦zhèng xián(math) sine
• 续弦xù xián(literary) (of a widower) to remarry
• 超弦chāo xiánsuperstring (physics)
• 余弦yú xián(math) cosine
• 上弦月shàng xián yuèfirst quarter moon
• 下弦月xià xián yuèthird quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
• 主和弦zhǔ hé xiántonic triad; triad of the home key
• 展弦比zhǎn xián bǐ(wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
• 击弦类jī xián lèihammered string type (of musical instrument)
• 正弦形zhèng xián xíngsinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
• 正弦波zhèng xián bōsine wave; simple harmonic vibration
• 分散和弦fēn sàn hé xián(music) arpeggio
• 常德丝弦Cháng dé sī xiánChangde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied…

Characters that look like 弦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide
• 炫xuànto dazzle; to boast; to show off
• 饺jiǎodumplings with meat filling

Sounds the same

Read xián, tone for tone, but written differently.

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