| 弦 | 737C15 50A.93-6 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄒㄧㄢˊ [xian2] | ||
| N. | (1) String on musical instrument (also wr. 絃) or on a bow: 弓弦 bowstring; 箭在弦上 the arrow is on the bow--poised to strike; 弦琴 [xian2qin2]↓; 弦子 [xian2zi0]↓; 心弦 heartstring; 動人心弦 tuck at one's heartstrings. (2) (Math.) a chord, hypotenuse; 正弦 sine; 餘弦 cosine. (3) Jumpy pulse: 弦脈. (4) The crescent moon: 上弦 the new moon; 下弦 the crescent after full moon. (5) Fig. of wife: 斷弦 wife dies (string of musical instrument snaps); 續弦 to remarry or n., second wife (lit., “restring” instrument). | |||||
| V.i. | (AC) to play on stringed instrument. | |||||
| Words | 1. 弦琴 [xian2qin2], n., a stringed instrument with a number of strings: 三弦 a popular three-stringed instrument, used for telling stories; 四弦，六弦，十三弦 of 4, 6, 13 strings. 2. 弦歌 [xian2ge1], v.t., to sing with stringed accompaniment, sign of calm in crisis, and (allu.) good government. 3. 弦紐 [xian2niu3], n., peg on stringed instrument. 4. 弦線 [xian2xian4], n., cord, thread, line. 5. 弦誦 [xian2song4], v.i., sing aloud a text, read with intonation. 6. 弦索 [xian2suo3], n., stringed instruments collectively. 7. 弦子 [xian2zi0], n., a stringed instrument, esp. 三弦. 8. 弦韋 [xian2wei3], n., girdle hangings (with 弦 silk strings, and 韋 leather strips). | |||||