music / CL: 張｜张, 曲, 段

speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL: 個｜个

to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)

to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)

a musical score / sheet music

rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off

poem for singing / tune / music / CL: 支

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

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

to irrigate / to pour / to install (software) / to record (music)

height / altitude (aviation) / pitch (music) / ups and downs (success or failure) / whether sth is right or wrong / comparative strength, weight, depth, stature / (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever / eventually, in the end

to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody

the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc)

chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music

archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures) / atlas / collection of illustrations or sheet music

strength / vigor / efforts / (music) dynamics

beat (music) / meter

speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞｜弹词 and 相聲｜相声 / (music) rapping

famous song / well-known piece of music

punk (music style) (loanword)

to play music / to achieve / to present a memorial to the emperor (old)

to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam

harmony (music)

repertoire / program / song / piece of music

blues (music) (loanword)

music-loving / philharmonic

dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding

to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant

(music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram

pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]

Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera

mordent (music)

gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL: 張｜张

hip-hop (music genre) (loanword)

to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music

dance music

great master (of literature, music etc)

national music / Chinese traditional music

music circles / music world

harmonious (of music)

music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7

album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material

outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music)

(music) / excellent / harmonious

storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary

vocal range / register (music)

(voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful

elated / high-spirited / uplifting (music)

(music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic

suite (music)

(of a list, music chart etc) to reach the top

echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)

folk art consisting of storytelling to music

desirability as a partner (abbr. for "mate value") / music video

chord (music)

blues (music)

brass instrument (music)

interval (music)

to compose (music) / arrangement

nocturne (music)

decadent or obscene music

simple and honest / unsophisticated / (music etc) deep and resounding

tuning; temperament / music

a minor matter / trivia / bar (music)

music theory

xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music)

string music

to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera

musicality; feel for music

(music) staff / stave

(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear

variation (music)

folk music, esp. for traditional instruments

heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc) / deeply moving

music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音, and final and tone, 韻｜韵, of a Chinese character / phoneme

major key (in music)

to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music)

singing stage / music business (esp. pop music)

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

to sing or chirp (of birds) / music sound

a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)

vocal music (in opera) / aria

reed (music)

part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part

heavenly music

music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode

one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃｜二黄

music of legendary emperor Gu

to perform music (as an ensemble)

(of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) / (of music, literature etc) poignant / very sentimental

to perform music / to play a tune

pitch (music) / tone

instrumental 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

music and song (formal writing)

the Beatles (music band)

to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste

funeral music / plaint / dirge

Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy

(music) arpeggio