絃 xián
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xián
noun
string on musical instrument
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '絃'; Guoyu '絃' n 1; Kroll 2015 '絃' 1, p. 494; Unihan '絃') -
xián
noun
a string instrument
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 弦乐器, as a variant of 弦 (CC-CEDOICT '絃'; Guoyu '絃' n 2; Kroll 2015 '絃' 2, p. 494) -
xián
noun
a tone; a note
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 音调 (Guoyu '絃' n 3) -
xián
noun
a metaphor for a wife
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '絃' n 4)
Contained in
- 絃索 a string [on a string instrument]
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 33
- 卷109 樂志五 Volume 109 Treatise 5: Music Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 26
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
- 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
- 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
- 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷十一 齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 6
- 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
Collocations
- 管絃 (管絃) 未嘗有持鐘鼓管絃之樂而游於父之墓上者也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 24
- 絃歌 (絃歌) 絃歌鼓舞以聚徒 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非儒下 Book 9 - Anti-Confucianism II — count: 11
- 五絃 (五絃) 太宗嘗謂舜作五絃之琴以歌南風 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 — count: 9
- 朱絃 (朱絃) 朱絃而通越也 — Xunzi 荀子, 禮論篇第十九 Chapter 19: Discussion on Ceremony — count: 7
- 中絃 (中絃) 又中絃粗細 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷109 樂志五 Volume 109 Treatise 5: Music — count: 6
- 一絃 (一絃) 無以異於彈一絃而會棘下 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一 齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 5
- 二絃 (二絃) 復加文武二絃 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 — count: 5
- 絃瑟 (絃瑟) 泰帝使素女鼓五十絃瑟 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十五上 郊祀志 Volume 25a: Treatise on Sacrifices 1 — count: 4
- 絃差 (絃差) 餘爲赤道二絃差 — History of Ming 明史, 卷三十二 志第八 曆二 Volume 32 Treatises 8: Calendar 2 — count: 4
- 五十絃 (五十絃) 泰帝使素女鼓五十絃瑟 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十五上 郊祀志 Volume 25a: Treatise on Sacrifices 1 — count: 4