應弦
Appearance
See also: 应弦
Chinese
[edit]to answer; to respond; ought | bow string; string of mus. instr. | ||
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trad. (應弦) | 應 | 弦 | |
simp. (应弦) | 应 | 弦 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yìngsián
- Wade–Giles: ying4-hsien2
- Yale: yìng-syán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshyan
- Palladius: инсянь (insjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Adverb
[edit]應弦
- (archaic) following the sound of the twanging of a (bow or zither) string
- 孫策望見,按住手中槍,扯弓搭箭,正射中陳生面門,應弦落馬。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 7
- Sūn Cè wàngjiàn, àn zhù shǒu zhōng qiāng, chěgōngdājiàn, zhèng shè zhōng Chén Shēng miànmén, yìngxián luòmǎ. [Pinyin]
- Sun Ce looked into the distance, then dropped his spear and picked up his bow and arrow. Sun Ce's arrow struck Chen Sheng in the face; Chen Sheng then fell from his horse, accompanied by the sound of the twang of Sun Ce's just released bow string.
孙策望见,按住手中枪,扯弓搭箭,正射中陈生面门,应弦落马。 [MSC, simp.]