弦 xián

1. xián noun a string; a bowstring
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   
2. xián noun a crossbow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Weapons
   
3. xián noun a chord; the sound of plucking a string
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
   
4. xián noun a hypotenuse; a quarter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
   
5. xián noun a quarter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
   
6. xián noun a semicircular moon
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   
7. xián noun a dichotomy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   
8. xián noun a clockwork spring
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   

Contained in

• 正弦定理 law of sines
• 续弦(續弦) to remarry (of a widow); second wife ; qin and se
• 弦乐(弦樂) string music
• 弦论(弦論) string theory
• 弦外之音 overtone; connotation; implied meaning
• 超弦 superstring
• 增三和弦 augmented triad (musical chord)
• 正弦波 sine wave; simple harmonic vibration
• 弦切角 chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
• 余弦(餘弦) cosine
• 弦月 half-moon
• 箭在弦上 an arrow on the bowstring; everything ready
• 弦歌 to sing to a string accompaniment ; education
• 击弦类乐器(擊弦類樂器) hammered string musical instrument
• 弦乐器(弦樂器) string instrument
• 下弦 third quarter or waning moon
• 双曲余弦(雙曲餘弦) hyperbolic cosine or cosh
• 弦乐队(弦樂隊) string orchestra
• 琴弦 string
• 击弦类(擊弦類) hammered string type (of musical instrument)
• 三和弦 triad; musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
• 弦数(弦數) number of strings (of an instrument)
• 弦月窗 a narrow slit window; a lunette
• 弦诵不辍(弦誦不輟) incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems
• 大三和弦 major triad do-mi-so
• 弦纹(弦紋) string pattern
• 七弦琴 guqin or seven-stringed zither
• 扣人心弦 to hold a person's heart like a string; thrilling
• 改弦易辙(改弦易轍) change of string, move out of rut; dramatic change of direction; to dance to a different tune
• 正弦 sine
• 双曲正弦(雙曲正弦) hyperbolic sine or sinh
• 正弦形 sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
• 分散和弦 arpeggio
• 促弦 to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
• 断弦(斷弦) widowed; broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
• 双曲线正弦(雙曲線正弦) hyperbolic sine or sinh
• 弦理论(弦理論) string theory
• 拨弦乐器(撥弦樂器) plucked string or stringed instrument; plucked instrument
• 弓弦儿(弓弦兒) bowstring
• 小三和弦 minor triad la-do-mi; minor third chord
• 下弦月 third quarter or waning moon
• 展弦比 (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
• 弓弦 bowstring
• 七和弦 seventh (musical cord)
• 三弦 sanxian
• 管弦乐团(管弦樂團) orchestra
• 鹍弦(鵾弦) pipa strings
• 和弦 chord
• 弦鸣乐器(弦鳴樂器) string instrument
• 上弦 to wind; to tighten; crescent moon; first quarter or waxing moon

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• 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 73
• 卷三十二 志第八 曆二 Volume 32 Treatises 8: Calendar 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 73
• 卷三十五 志第十一 曆五 Volume 35 Treatises 11: Calendar 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 50
• 卷五十六　志第八:　　曆五 Volume 56 Treatises 9: Calendar 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 48
• 卷七十七 志第三十 律曆十 Volume 77 Treatises 30: Measures and Calendar 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 37
• 卷五十四　志第六:　　曆三 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Calendar 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 37
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷二十九 志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 35
• 卷七十九 志第三十二 律曆十二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Measures and Calendar 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 31

Collocations

• 控弦 (控弦) 竊料匈奴控弦大率六萬騎 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 4 — count: 19
• 弦高 (弦高) 鄭商人弦高將市於周 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 15
• 管弦 (管弦) 列管弦 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 13
• 五弦 (五弦) 舜作五弦之琴以歌南風 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 10
• 大弦 (大弦) 至於大弦 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備高臨 Book 14 - Defense against Attack from an Elevation — count: 7
• 二十五弦 (二十五弦) 鼓之而二十五弦皆應 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 6
• 小弦 (小弦) 小弦雖急 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四　詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 6
• 弦章 (弦章) 則弦章侍 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler — count: 6
• 弦子 (弦子) 弦子奔黃 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 灭弦 (滅弦) 楚人滅弦 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6