| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 弦 | 弦 | xián | - bow string - string of musical instrument - watchspring - chord (segment of curve) - hypotenuse - CL:根[gen1] |
| 絃 | 絃 | xián | - variant of 弦 - bow string - string of musical instrument - watch spring - chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) - hypotenuse |
| 三弦 | 三弦 | sānxián | - 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 |
| 上弦 | 上弦 | shàngxián | - to wind - to tighten - crescent moon - first quarter or waxing moon |
| 下弦 | 下弦 | xiàxián | - third quarter or waning moon |
| 促弦 | 促弦 | cùxián | - to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument) |
| 口弦 | 口弦 | kǒuxián | - Jew's harp |
| 和弦 | 和弦 | héxián | - chord (music) |
| 定弦 | 定弦 | dìngxián | - tuning (stringed instrument) |
| 弓弦 | 弓弦 | gōngxián | - bowstring |
| 弦数 | 弦數 | xiánshù | - number of strings (of an instrument) |
| 弦月 | 弦月 | xiányuè | - half-moon - the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month |
| 弦乐 | 弦樂 | xiányuè | - string music |
| 弦歌 | 弦歌 | xiángē | - to sing to a string accompaniment - education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) |
| 弦论 | 弦論 | xiánlùn | - string theory (in theoretical physics) |
| 心弦 | 心弦 | xīnxián | - heartstrings |
| 断弦 | 斷弦 | duànxián | - widowed - lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony |
| 正弦 | 正弦 | zhèngxián | - sine (of angle), written sin θ |
| 琴弦 | 琴弦 | qínxián | - string (of a stringed instrument) |
| 续弦 | 續弦 | xùxián | - to remarry (of a widow) - second wife - qin and se 琴瑟[qin2 se4], two string instruments as a symbol of marital harmony |
| 超弦 | 超弦 | chāoxián | - super-string |
| 余弦 | 餘弦 | yúxián | - cosine (of angle), written cos θ |
| 鹍弦 | 鵾弦 | kūnxián | - pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1] |
| G弦裤 | G弦褲 | Gxiánkù | - G-string |
| 七和弦 | 七和弦 | qīhéxián | - seventh (musical cord) |
| 七弦琴 | 七弦琴 | qīxiánqín | - guqin or seven-stringed zither |
| 三和弦 | 三和弦 | sānhéxián | - triad - musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so |
| 上弦月 | 上弦月 | shàngxiányuè | - first quarter moon |
| 下弦月 | 下弦月 | xiàxiányuè | - third quarter or waning moon |
| 主和弦 | 主和弦 | zhǔhéxián | - tonic triad - triad of the home key |
| 展弦比 | 展弦比 | zhǎnxiánbǐ | - (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics) |
| 弓弦儿 | 弓弦兒 | gōngxiánr | - bowstring |
| 弦切角 | 弦切角 | xiánqiējiǎo | - chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent) |
| 弦月窗 | 弦月窗 | xiányuèchuāng | - a narrow slit window - a lunette |
| 弦乐器 | 弦樂器 | xiányuèqì | - string instrument |
| 弦乐队 | 弦樂隊 | xiányuèduì | - string orchestra |
| 弦理论 | 弦理論 | xiánlǐlùn | - string theory (physics) |
| 弦贝斯 | 弦貝斯 | xiánbèisī | - acoustic bass (guitar) |
| 击弦类 | 擊弦類 | jīxiánlèi | - hammered string type (of musical instrument) |
| 正弦形 | 正弦形 | zhèngxiánxíng | - sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave) |
| 正弦波 | 正弦波 | zhèngxiánbō | - sine wave - simple harmonic vibration |
| 管弦乐 | 管弦樂 | guǎnxiányuè | - orchestral music |
| 增三和弦 | 增三和弦 | zēngsānhéxián | - augmented triad (musical chord) |
| 大三和弦 | 大三和弦 | dàsānhéxián | - major triad do-mi-so |
| 小三和弦 | 小三和弦 | xiǎosānhéxián | - minor triad la-do-mi |
| 常德丝弦 | 常德絲弦 | Chángdésīxián | - Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments |
| 弦外之意 | 弦外之意 | xiánwàizhīyì | - see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1] |
| 弦外之音 | 弦外之音 | xiánwàizhīyīn | - overtone (music) - (fig.) connotation - implied meaning |
| 弦外之响 | 弦外之響 | xiánwàizhīxiǎng | - see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1] |
| 弦而鼓之 | 弦而鼓之 | xiánérgǔzhī | - 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 |
| 弦诵不缀 | 弦誦不綴 | xiánsòngbùchuò | - variant of 弦誦不輟|弦诵不辍[xian2 song4 bu4 chuo4] |
| 弦诵不辍 | 弦誦不輟 | xiánsòngbùchuò | - incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom) |
| 弦鸣乐器 | 弦鳴樂器 | xiánmíngyuèqì | - string instrument |
| 扣人心弦 | 扣人心弦 | kòurénxīnxián | - to excite - to thrill - exciting - thrilling - cliff-hanging |
| 拨弦乐器 | 撥弦樂器 | bōxiányuèqì | - plucked string or stringed instrument - plucked instrument |
| 击弦贝斯 | 擊弦貝斯 | jīxiánbèisī | - slap bass (bass guitar technique) |
| 改弦易辙 | 改弦易轍 | gǎixiányìzhé | - change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction - to dance to a different tune |
| 正弦定理 | 正弦定理 | zhèngxiándìnglǐ | - law of sines |
| 管弦乐团 | 管弦樂團 | guǎnxiányuètuán | - orchestra |
| 管弦乐队 | 管弦樂隊 | guǎnxiányuèduì | - orchestra |
| 超弦理论 | 超弦理論 | chāoxiánlǐlùn | - (super-) string theory |
| 双曲正弦 | 雙曲正弦 | shuāngqūzhèngxián | - hyperbolic sine or sinh (math) |
| 双曲余弦 | 雙曲餘弦 | shuāngqūyúxián | - hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math) |
| 击弦类乐器 | 擊弦類樂器 | jīxiánlèiyuèqì | - hammered string musical instrument |
| 双曲线正弦 | 雙曲線正弦 | shuāngqūxiànzhèngxián | - hyperbolic sine or sinh (math) |
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