Chinese Word of the Day

管弦乐队
guǎn xián lè duì

orchestra

Definitions

Chinese > English
管弦乐队	guǎnxián yuèduì
1. n. orchestra (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
English > Chinese
orchestra
1. 管弦乐队
Components
乐队	yuèduì
1. n. (musical) band
管	guǎn
1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood
2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument
3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula
吸管 - straw
4. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge
管理 - to manage
5. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline
6. to concern oneself with; to interfere with
7. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply; to guarantee
8. despite; regardless of; irrespective of
9. (colloquial) (used in the pattern管 is followed by the object of the verb)
10. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to
弦	xián, xuán
1. string
2. crescent
3. spring of a clock
4. (music) string on a musical instrument
5. (music) stringed instruments or music played by stringed instruments
6. (mathematics) chord
7. (geometry) hypotenuse
8. (figurative) wife
乐	lào
1. (Used in placenames.)
樂Lào亭 - (Laoting County, Hebei Province)
樂Lào陵 - (Laoling, Shandong Province)
樂liáo饑jī - to appease one's hunger
队	duì
1. group; team
樂隊 - (musical) band
2. (military) army unit
軍隊 - army
自衛隊 - self-defense forces
3. Short for 少年先鋒隊 ((Young Pioneers of China))
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Pronunciation

guǎn xián lè duì

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