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speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拍* | 拍* | *拍
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
HSK 3
music / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *板* | 板* | *板
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL: 塊|块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
HSK 3
album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *调* | 调* | *调
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
HSK 3
gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL: 張|张
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牌* | 牌* | *牌
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块) / brand; trademark (CL:個|个) / mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌 and 曲牌)
HSK 4
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
music box
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *MV* | MV* | *MV
desirability as a partner (abbr. for "mate value") / music video
music theory
classical music
strength / vigor / efforts / (music) dynamics
HSK 7-9
symphonic metal (pop music) / heavy metal with symphonic pretensions
philharmonic (used in names of orchestras) / to love music (used in compounds like 愛樂者|爱乐者 "music enthusiast")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奏* | 奏* | *奏
to play music / to achieve / to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
HSK 6
(music) arpeggio
to compose (music)
to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温) / (fig.) to play music
musicality; feel for music
(music) tuba / (of clothes, print etc) large size; large format / (polite) your (given) name / (coll.) number two; poop; to defecate
instrumental music
to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
a musical score / sheet music
(music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
(music) staff / stave
military music
country music (country & western music genre)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凯* | 凯* | *凯
(bound form) triumphal music / (Tw) (coll.) generous with money; lavish in spending / chi (Greek letter Χχ)
(music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic
shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
(music) tuplet
rest (music)
vocal music (in opera) / aria
traditional Chinese musical instruments / music
(music) tremolo
(Tw) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming
(music) conductor
pop music
background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
(Tw) (loanword) punk (music or subculture)
poem for singing / tune / music / CL:
Grammy Award (US music industry award)
vocal music
hip-hop (music genre) (loanword)
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
prelude (music)
classical music (mainly Western)
music fan
rhapsody (music)
folk art consisting of storytelling to music
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
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music)
great master (of literature, music etc)
rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
HSK 7-9
(esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
harmony (music)
string music
to compose a piece of music
dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding
(voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful
creative industries (design, music, publishing etc) (abbr. for 文化創意產業|文化创意产业)
Warner Music Group
to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music)
modern music / contemporary music
blues (music) (loanword)
a style of folk music of Shaanxi
(neologism) (slang) (of music, visual style, movement or experiences) powerfully engaging in a way that excites or resonates deeply; electrifying; intense; pulse-pounding
press conference / unveiling ceremony / (product) launch / (fashion) show / (dance) performance / (music) recital / (political) rally / (thesis) presentation seminar
rock music / rock 'n roll
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping
to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music
music box
post-rock (music genre)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灌* | 灌* | *灌
to irrigate / to pour / to install (software) / to record (music)
HSK 7-9
singing stage / music business (esp. pop music)
house (music genre) (loanword)
castanets (music)
suite (music)
to perform music / to play a tune
rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐
overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
music style; music genre
to compose (music) / arrangement
again; twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam
to synchronize (a video etc) to the beat of a piece of music
chord (music)
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
funeral music / plaint / dirge
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail
Central Conservatory of Music
crotchet (music)
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
(music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram

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