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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
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  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
song (CL:,) / (bound form) to sing
HSK 1
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  *送* | 送* | *送
to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with
HSK 1
to sing a song
HSK 1
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  *词* | 词* | *词
word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL:)
HSK 2
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable
HSK 2
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  *支* | 支* | *支
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 3
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  *首* | 首* | *首
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
HSK 4
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  *松* | 松* | *松
pine / CL:
HSK 4
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  *松* | 松* | *松
loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
HSK 4
song
HSK 5
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  *令* | 令* | *令
to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem
HSK 5
folk song / CL: ,
HSK 6
song lyric / lyrics
HSK 6
legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
HSK 7-9
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  *曲* | 曲* | *曲
tune / song / CL:
HSK 7-9
popular song / folk tune / ballad
HSK 7-9
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
HSK 7-9
theme song
HSK 7-9
triumphal hymn; victory song; paean
HSK 7-9
another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
school song
notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
Su Yijian (958-997), Northern Song writer and poet
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  *宋* | 宋* | *宋
surname Song / the Song dynasty (960–1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋
(music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
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  *繇* | 繇* | *繇
folk-song / forced labor
Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏 and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
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  *辙* | 辙* | *辙
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after or 沒|没) way; idea
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:
History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty , 496 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书)
famous song / well-known piece of music
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子
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  *颂* | 颂* | *颂
ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)
start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词
malicious abuse / lewd song / evil reputation
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
Mincho / Song font
Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗 (reigned 1127-1162)
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
song
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
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  *吟* | 吟* | *吟
to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. , wide vibrato)
Cheng Hao (1032-1085), Song neo-Confucian scholar
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  *诗* | 诗* | *诗
abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经, the Book of Songs
Jiading district of northwest Shanghai / final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗|宁宗
the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
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  *濍* | 濍* | *濍
(onom.) sound of water
Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
to pass on a song
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
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  *松* | 松* | *松
surname Song
Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉, 1000 scrolls
repertoire / program / song / piece of music
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞
(literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize
oldie (song)
Guo Maoqian (11th century), Song dynasty editor of the Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads 樂府詩集|乐府诗集
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  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
(of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley
failed reform of Northern Song government in 1043
to record (songs, albums, CDs etc) / to cast (plaster, metal etc) into a mold
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in , like houses)
Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing / also known as Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋
Song County or Songxian, a county in Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市, Henan
On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands
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  *哟* | 哟* | *哟
(sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song)
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经
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  *悚* | 悚* | *悚
frightened
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
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  *淞* | 淞* | *淞
name of a river in Jiangsu Province
to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times)
ballad / folk song
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  *歈* | 歈* | *歈
songs
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  *嵩* | 嵩* | *嵩
Mt Song in Henan
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  *嵩* | 嵩* | *嵩
(literary) (of mountains) lofty
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  *芭* | 芭* | *芭
an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 / used in 芭蕉 / used in transliteration
most perfect song
historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书
anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm
love song
to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times)
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  *怂* | 怂* | *怂
used in 慫恿|怂恿 / (literary) terrified
Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275
song of cicadas / chirping of insects
Song dynasty (960-1279)
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  *耸* | 耸* | *耸
to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering

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