絃 (jin4) — stringed musical instrument in Cantonese
jinˎ₄絃简 弦
Mandarin Pinyin: xian2
Meaning of 絃
nounstringed musical instrument
nounstring on a bow (commonly 弦)
nounstring on a musical instrument; cord
Example Sentences with 絃
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個woˎ₄和haanˎ₄絃houˊ²好tingˉ¹聽
This chord sounds pleasant.
taanˎ₄彈co˗₃錯woˎ₄和haanˎ₄絃
Played the wrong chord.
soengˊ²想hokˍ₆學sanˉ¹新woˎ₄和haanˎ₄絃
Want to learn new chords.
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個woˎ₄和haanˎ₄絃dimˊ²點cai˗₃砌
How do you play this chord?
woˎ₄和haanˎ₄絃mˎ₄唔gaap˗₃夾
The chords don't match.
Words Containing 絃
三絃樂器saam1 jin4 ngok6 hei3
rebec, rebeck; trichord Renaissance fiddle
七絃琴cat1 jin4 kam4
heptachord, qin (musical instrument), 7-stringed zither
單絃琴daan1 jin4 kam4
monochord
絃樂jin4 ngok6
string music
絃索jin4 sok3
stringed instruments (collectively)
和絃wo4 jin4
Syn. 和音, 和諧音
八絃琴baat3 jin4 kam4
octochord (musical instrument)
琴絃kam4 jin4
string (of musical instrument)
四絃琴sei3 jin4 kam4
tetrachord (musical instrument)
管絃樂版gun2 jin4 ngok6 baan2
acoustic (music) version, "unplugged" (music) version
絃外之音jin4 ngoi6 zi1 jam1
overtones, implied meaning, obscure or unexpressed meaning
五絃琴ng5 jin4 kam4
pentachord (musical instrument)
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