number of strings (of an instrument)
half-moon; the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
to sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
string theory (in theoretical physics)
chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
a narrow slit window; a lunette
overtone (music); (fig.) connotation; implied meaning
(lit.) to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions; to make one's bed then lie on it
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
to wind; to tighten; crescent moon; first quarter or waxing moon
third quarter or waning moon
cosine (of angle), written cos θ
to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
tuning (stringed instrument)
widowed;
(lit.) broken string, cf
琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
sine (of angle), written sin θ
string (of a stringed instrument)
to remarry
(of a widow); second wife; qin and se
琴瑟, two string instruments as a symbol of marital harmony
pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan
鹍鸡
guqin or seven-stringed zither
triad; musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
third quarter or waning moon
tonic triad; triad of the home key
hammered string type (of musical instrument)
(wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
sine wave; simple harmonic vibration
slap bass (bass guitar technique)
hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math)
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math)
augmented triad (musical chord)
to excite; to thrill; exciting; thrilling; cliff-hanging
plucked string or stringed instrument; plucked instrument
hammered string musical instrument
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math)