| 弦 | [ xián ] bow string, string of musical instrument, watchspring, chord (segment of curve), hypotenuse, CL:根[gen1] |
| 弦切角 | [ xián qiē ] chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent) |
| 弦外之意 | [ xián waì zhī yì ] see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1] |
| 弦外之音 | [ xián waì zhī yīn ] overtone (music), (fig.) connotation, implied meaning |
| 弦外之響 | [ xián waì zhī xiǎng ] see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1] |
| 弦數 | [ xián shù ] number of strings (of an instrument) |
| 弦月 | [ xián yuè ] half-moon, the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month |
| 弦月窗 | [ xián yuè chuāng ] a narrow slit window, a lunette |
| 弦樂 | [ xián yuè ] string music |
| 弦樂器 | [ xián yuè qì ] string instrument |
| 弦樂隊 | [ xián yuè duì ] string orchestra |
| 弦歌 | [ xián gē ] to sing to a string accompaniment, education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) |
| 弦理論 | [ xián lǐ lùn ] string theory (physics) |
| 弦而鼓之 | [ xián ér gǔ zhī ] 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 |
| 弦誦不綴 | [ xián sòng bù chuò ] variant of 弦誦不輟|弦诵不辍[xian2 song4 bu4 chuo4] |
| 弦誦不輟 | [ xián sòng bù chuò ] incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom) |
| 弦論 | [ xián lùn ] string theory (in theoretical physics) |
| 弦鳴樂器 | [ xián míng yuè qì ] string instrument |
| ⇒ G弦褲 | [ 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 ] triad, musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so |
| ⇒ 三弦 | [ sān xián ] 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 | [ shàng xián ] to wind, to tighten, crescent moon, first quarter or waxing moon |
| ⇒ 上弦月 | [ shàng xián yuè ] first quarter moon |
| ⇒ 下弦 | [ xià xián ] third quarter or waning moon |
| ⇒ 下弦月 | [ xià xián yuè ] third quarter or waning moon |
| ⇒ 主和弦 | [ zhǔ hé xián ] tonic triad, triad of the home key |
| ⇒ 促弦 | [ cù xián ] to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument) |
| ⇒ 分散和弦 | [ fēn sàn hé xián ] (music) arpeggio |
| ⇒ 口弦 | [ koǔ 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), (fig.) to make up one's mind |
| ⇒ 小三和弦 | [ sān hé xián ] minor triad la-do-mi |
| ⇒ 展弦比 | [ zhǎn xián bǐ ] (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics) |
| ⇒ 常德絲弦 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 弓弦兒 | [ gōng xián ] bowstring |
| ⇒ 心弦 | [ xīn xián ] heartstrings |
| ⇒ 扣人心弦 | [ koù rén xīn xián ] to excite, to thrill, exciting, thrilling, cliff-hanging |
| ⇒ 撥弦樂器 | [ bō xián yuè qì ] plucked string or stringed instrument, plucked instrument |
| ⇒ 擊弦類 | [ jī xián leì ] hammered string type (of musical instrument) |
| ⇒ 擊弦類樂器 | [ jī xián leì yuè qì ] hammered string musical instrument |
| ⇒ 改弦易轍 | [ gaǐ xián yì zhé ] change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction, to dance to a different tune |
| ⇒ 斷弦 | [ duàn xián ] widowed, lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony |
| ⇒ 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, simple harmonic vibration |
| ⇒ 琴弦 | [ qín xián ] string (of a stringed instrument) |
| ⇒ 管弦樂 | [ guǎn xián yuè ] orchestral music |
| ⇒ 管弦樂團 | [ guǎn xián yuè tuán ] orchestra |
| ⇒ 管弦樂隊 | [ guǎn xián yuè duì ] orchestra |
| ⇒ 續弦 | [ xù xián ] 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 | [ chaō xián ] superstring (physics) |
| ⇒ 雙曲正弦 | [ shuāng qū zhèng xián ] hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) |
| ⇒ 雙曲線正弦 | [ shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián ] hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) |
| ⇒ 雙曲餘弦 | [ shuāng qū yú xián ] hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.) |
| ⇒ 餘弦 | [ yú xián ] (math.) cosine |
| ⇒ 鵾弦 | [ kūn xián ] pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1] |
