STRING  弦

A THREAD WHICH one MOVES WHEN PLAYING a STRING INSTRUMENT.
Hypernym
  • THREADINTENSELY LONG THIN ARTEFACT PRODUCED USING COTTON, WOOL, SILK ETC, TYPICALLY USED FOR SEWING OR TYING UP THINGS ETC..
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Hyponym
  • CHAIN　METAL STRING PRODUCED USING LINKED RINGS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general word for a string of any kind, on any bow or any string instrument, is xián 弦.

    2. Xián 絃 tends to be specialised on strings used on musical instruments.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    絲弦

    弦索

    管弦

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

    Words

    絃  xián OC: ɡeen MC: ɦen 6 AttributionsWD

    Xián 絃 tends to be specialised on strings used on musical instruments.

      Syntactic words
    • nstring of a musical instrument.
    弦  xián OC: ɡeen MC: ɦen 3 AttributionsWD

    The general word for a string of any kind, on any bow or any string instrument, is xián 弦.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 歌/SING The current general word for singing a song is gē 歌.

      Syntactic words
    • nstring of a musical instrument; string of a bow, bowstring; sometimes generally: string
    靳  jìn OC: kɯns MC: kɨn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nbreast strap of a bridle (ZUO)

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