五音
五音
wǔ yīn
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la; five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
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- five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
- five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
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Related Words
合四乙尺工(hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng)— names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
→五经(Wǔ jīng)— the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
→宫商角徵羽(gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ)— pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
→三中全会(Sān Zhōng Quán huì)— Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party, currently held every five years
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