MUSIC  音樂樂

ART USING SOUNDS.
Hypernym
  • ARTSSKILLS BELIEVED to be IMPORTANT FOR EDUCATION OR AMUSEMENT.
    • SKILLFULABLE to ACT:do something BECAUSE one has LEARNT NECESSARY METHODS. 
      • ABLEHAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something.
        • HAVERELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one....
See also
  • SONGPOEM SUNG CONFORMING to a MELODY.
    • TONESOUND at a DEFINED PITCH as PART of a MUSICAL SYSTEM.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current general term for music, including dance, is yuè 樂.

      2. Yīn 音 "tone, tones" is sometimes used by poetic extension to refer generally to music.

      3. Shēng 聲 "sound" is sometimes used to refer specifically to folkways of music.

      4. Qǔ 曲 refers to a piece of folk poetry set to music, but the word is also sometimes used in a generalised sense to refer to a tune as such. See SONG.

      5. Fēng 風 refers to folk tunes, typically associated with folk poetry.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      ART 2.

      曲，樂曲的總稱，謂音宛曲而成章，可指各類樂器所奏之曲。

      操，有 “ 彈奏（琴） ” 之義，引申指琴曲。

      弄，有 “ 撥弄（樂器） ” 義，引申泛指樂曲。

      引，序曲、前奏。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      音樂

      樂

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      樂  yuè OC: ŋɡraawɡ MC: ŋɣɔk 49 Attributions

      The current general term for music, including dance, is yuè 樂.

        Word relations
      • Object: 好/LIKE The general words expressing preference is ài 愛, but the notion is often hard to distinguish from a preferential desire, and for the semantically closely related hào 好 see DESIRE.
      • Assoc: 禮/RITUAL The current general term for everything relating to the system of ritual propriety is lǐ 禮. However the term can also be used to refer to individual prescribed rituals.

        Syntactic words
      • nab[adN]N=bookthe authoritative texts of music, predecessors of the 樂記
      • nabactmusical performance at court (typically accompanied by dance); the practice of court music
      • nabconceptmusical propriety
      • nadNpertaining to music
      • ndefinitemusical piece (typically accompanied by dance); a particular piece of music
      • npost-Vmusic characterised by VDS
      • nsubject=humanmusician; (female) musicians 女樂
      • viactmake music
      禮樂  lǐ yuè OC: riiʔ ŋɡraawɡ MC: lei ŋɣɔk 18 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialritual and music, public ritual performances
      聲  shēng OC: qjeŋ MC: ɕiɛŋ 14 Attributions

      Shēng 聲 "sound" is sometimes used to refer specifically to folkways of music.

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 樂 / 樂/ENJOY The current general word for active enjoyment and delighting in something is lè 樂 (ant. bēi 悲 "be saddened by"), as in 與民同樂 "share one's enjoyings/enjoyments with the people".　In the transitive usage the reading yào is suggested by WGZ.

        Syntactic words
      • nmusic; a piece of music; musical performance
      • npost-Vmusic characterised by the feature VDS
      音  yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim 12 Attributions

      Yīn 音 "tone, tones" is sometimes used by poetic extension to refer generally to music.

        Syntactic words
      • nmusic
      曲  qǔ MC: -- OC: -- 3 Attributions

      Qǔ 曲 refers to a piece of folk poetry set to music, but the word is also sometimes used in a generalised sense to refer to a tune as such. See SONG.

        Syntactic words
      • nmusical piece of poetry; piece of music; tune
      五音  wǔ yīn OC: ŋaaʔ qrɯm MC: ŋuo̝ ʔim 3 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPmusic　2.指音樂。《韓非子·十過》：“不務聽治而好五音，"and loved music".
      非樂  fēi yuè MC: pj+j ngaewk OC: pɯl ŋɡraawɡLZ 3 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPabconceptrefutation of ritual musicLZ
      • VPito insistently refuse ritual musicLZ
      鼓  gǔ OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo̝ 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNiussivehave (music) performed for one 鼓樂
      聲樂  shēng yuè OC: qjeŋ ŋɡraawɡ MC: ɕiɛŋ ŋɣɔk 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPabactmusic (of any kind)
      道  dào OC: ɡ-luuʔ MC: dɑu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • ntune
      風  fēng OC: plum MC: puŋ 1 Attribution

      Fēng 風 refers to folk tunes, typically associated with folk poetry.

        Syntactic words
      • nfolk tune, typically associated with folk poetry
      弦者  xián zhě OC: ɡeen kljaʔ MC: ɦen tɕɣɛ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NP{vad.npro}subjectstring musician
      徵招  zhēng zhāo OC: tɯŋ kljew MC: ʈɨŋ tɕiɛu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPprname of a composition
      角招  jiǎo zhāo OC: krooɡ kljew MC: kɣɔk tɕiɛu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPprname of a composition
      音樂  yīn yuè OC: qrɯm ŋɡraawɡ MC: ʔim ŋɣɔk 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPabnonreferentialall kinds of music
      音聲  yīn shēng OC: qrɯm qjeŋ MC: ʔim ɕiɛŋ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPmusic
      武  wǔ MC: mjuX OC: mbaʔLZ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nprname of a piece of music accompanied by danceLZ
      象  xiàng MC: zjangX OC: sɢlaŋʔLZ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nprname of a piece of music accompanied by danceLZ
      韶  sháo MC: dzyew OC: ɡ-lewLZ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nprname of a piece of music accompanied by danceLZ
      護  hù MC: huH OC: ɢʷaaɡsLZ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nprname of a piece of music accompanied by danceLZ
      吕  lǚ MC: -- OC: ɡ-raʔVK 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nabthe six Yin rhythms; one part of the twelve semitones in the traditional note systemVK

      Existing SW for

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