弦 jin⁴ {xián}

1. bow string
2. string of musical instrument
3. watchspring
4. chord (segment of curve)
5. hypotenuse
6. CL: 根

弦索 jin⁴ sok³ {xián suǒ}

Strings (on an instrument); string instruments

絃索〔弦-〕 jin⁴ sok³ {xián suǒ}

Chords of a musical instrument; string instruments

弦歌 jin⁴ go¹ {xián gē}

1. to sing to a string accompaniment
2. education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)

弦論〔-论〕 jin⁴ leon⁶ {xián lùn}

string theory (in theoretical physics)

弦樂〔-乐〕 jin⁴ ngok⁶ {xián yuè}

string music

弦數〔-数〕 jin⁴ sou³ {xián shù}

number of strings (of an instrument)

弦月 jyun⁴ jyut⁶ {xián yuè}

1. half-moon
2. the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month

弦貝斯〔-贝-〕 jin⁴ bui³ si¹ {xián bèi sī}

acoustic bass (guitar)

弦切角 jin⁴ cit³ gok³ {xián qiē jiǎo}

chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)

弦理論〔--论〕 jin⁴ lei⁵ leon⁶ {xián lǐ lùn}

string theory (physics)

弦樂隊〔-乐队〕 jin⁴ ngok⁶ deoi² {xián yuè duì}

string orchestra

弦樂器〔-乐-〕 jin⁴ ngok⁶ hei³ {xián yuè qì}

string instrument

弦月窗 jyun⁴ jyut⁶ coeng¹ {xián yuè chuāng}

1. a narrow slit window
2. a lunette

絃外之音〔弦---〕 jin⁴ ngoi⁶ zi¹ jam¹ {xián wài zhī yīn}

Implication; implied meaning; read between the lines

弦而鼓之 jin⁴ ji⁴ gu² zi¹ {xián ér gǔ zhī}

1. lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions
2. to make one's bed then lie on it

弦鳴樂器〔-鸣乐-〕 jin⁴ ming⁴ ngok⁶ hei³ {xián míng yuè qì}

string instrument

弦外之音 jin⁴ ngoi⁶ zi¹ jam¹ {xián wài zhī yīn}

1. overtone (music)
2. (fig.) connotation
3. implied meaning

弦誦不輟〔-诵-辍〕 jin⁴ zung⁶ bat¹ zyut⁶ {xián sòng bù chuò}

incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)