of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send

to sing a song

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable

head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

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

to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering

word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL: 組｜组, 個｜个 / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 / CL: 首

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

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)

tune / song / CL: 支

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

Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty

surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

abbr. for Shijing 詩經｜诗经, the Book of Songs

surname Song

pine / CL: 棵

loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)

legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty

song

Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學｜理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism

School of Principle / Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥｜程颢, Cheng Yi 程頤｜程颐 and Zhu Xi 朱熹)

(sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song)

Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁

frightened

the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

song lyric / lyrics

famous song / well-known piece of music

branch / stem / stalk / CL: 根 / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏, 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)

ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)

to chant / to recite / to moan / to groan / cry (of certain animals and insects) / song (ancient poem)

rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有 or 沒｜没) way; idea

Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲 or 霓裳羽衣舞

the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 and the Book of History 書經｜书经

Mincho / Song font

to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)

Jiading district of northwest Shanghai / final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗｜宁宗

repertoire / program / song / piece of music

to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody

Song dynasty (960-1279)

school song

(literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize

love song

lofty / Mt Song in Henan

imitation Song dynasty typeface / Fangsong font

(literary) to end / to stop / one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 詞｜词 / classifier for songs or ci poems

used mostly in 慫恿｜怂恿 / (literary) terrified

style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL: 首

song

to continue (as a song)

the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties

to read aloud / to recite

one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经

one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经

Bianjing, Northern Song capital, now called Kaifeng 開封｜开封, Henan

Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳

Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞｜弹词

oldie (song)

the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經｜五经

guzheng or long zither / long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times / Japanese koto

bound form used in 蜙蝑

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

love song

guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times)

shepherd's song / pastoral

folk song / CL: 支, 首

The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk 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

lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day

music and song (formal writing)

ballad / folk song

Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)

variant of 嵩

litigation

Beijing opera (or styles of song in) / abbr. for 西皮二黃｜西皮二黄

to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge

to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song

(cabbage) / Brassica chinensis

(literary) to decline / to wane / title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经

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

to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley

respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane

genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China

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

popular song / folk tune / ballad

Song Qingling or Rosemonde Soong (1893-1981), wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山｜孙中山

On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞

triumphal hymn / victory song / paean

song of cicadas / chirping of insects

Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業｜杨业 of warriors

folk song / mountain song

plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)

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

anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm

song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套, like houses)

the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, the Book of History 書經｜书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記｜礼记, the Book of Changes 易經｜易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋

Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories

sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times)