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DIRE translate: 嚴重的；危急的；極端的, 很壞的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.
Oct 17, 2014 · Music Vocabulary in Mandarin with English Translations. General. 音乐 – yīnyuè – music. 演奏乐器 – yǎnzòu yuèqì – playing an instrument. 音乐家 – yīnyuè jiā – musician. 舞台 – wǔtái – stage. 排练 – páiliàn – rehearsal. 现场演出 – xiàn chǎng yǎn chū – live performance/music. 乐队 – yuè duì – band. 掌声 – zhǎngshēng – applause. 表演 – biǎoyǎn – performance. 歌 – gē – song.
DIRE translations: 嚴重的；危急的；極端的, 很壞的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.
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- History
- Types/Styles of Music
- Folk Music
- Chinese Musical Instruments
- Opera
- Different Cultures / Regional
- Modern Chinese Music
Early history –
Music began in China 1000’s of years ago as evidenced by excavations in Henan uncovering bone flutes dating back 8,000 years, and clay music instruments in Xi'an dating back 6,000 years. The Zhou Dynasty (10th to 7th century BC), established a formal system of court and ceremonial music (later called “Yayue” - meaning "elegant music") which embraced the concept of music as a cosmological manifestation of sounds found in nature and integrated into the dual universal order of yin and yang. "Cor...
Qin to Qing dynasty –
Other Asian instruments and musical styles – such as the erhu and the pipa from Central Asia and the Heptatonic scale from India – were introduced in subsequent dynasties (although the heptatonic scale was later abandoned in China). The uber-famous Chinese instrument, the Qin, became famous during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), while European music arrived in China as early as 1601 when a harpsichord was given to the Ming imperial court by a visiting Jesuit priest, who also trained several eu...
The Republic of China
Symphony orchestras played to a wide audience in the concert halls of most major cities and on the newly invented radio. Many musicians added jazz influences to traditional music, through the addition of xylophones, saxophones and violins, among other instruments. In Shanghai, a popular genre of music called Shidaiqu, which is a fusion of Chinese and Western popular music, emerged in the 1920s and dominated the Chinese music scene for three decades. In the 1940s, a large-scale campaign was in...
There are many ways to categorize Chinese music, but in a general sense, they can be divided into Folk Music and Opera. While both genres will sound vastly different from music produced in the West, Chinese folk music is somewhat similar to Western folk music as both can evoke the flavor of local culture and have a great degree of focus on instrume...
Usually played in ensembles or by large orchestras in the same way European “Classical music” has traditionally been played.
For many people unfamiliar with Chinese music, one of the more fascinating aspects is the extensive variety of unique instruments. Most of the instruments used in traditional Chinese music are only found in Asian music, and some of them are exclusive to China. The shape and form of many instruments are unlike anything found in Western culture and t...
There are many kinds of Chinese opera that are related to different geographic regions and each have a distinct flavor and style. However, to the untrained ear, each type will sound strikingly similar and in fact, all Chinese operatic styles do share many overall traits. They all tend to focus on a high-pitched female voice, elaborate costumes ador...
China has many ethnic minorities living amongst the majority Han culture – making up about 90% of China’s population today. The other 10% are divided among 100s of other ethnicities, the largest groups being Tibetans, Uyghurs, Manchus, Zhuang, Dai, Mongolians, Naxi, Miao, Wa, Yi, and Lisu.
National / Revolutionary
An ideological music with political or nationalistic content, sometimes adapted to a grand orchestral presentation. Created in the early to mid-20th century, this became the leading music genre on radio and television after the Communist party came to power until the 1980s. During the height of the Cultural Revolution, political music was the most prevalent style and became known as Revolutionary Music with a near cult status under pro-Communist ideology. (Note: a major, important difference...
Pop
This category can also be called C-pop, Cantopop, or Mandopop. For reference, pop music from Korea and Japan are referred to as K-pop and J-pop respectively. Music can be sung in either Mandarin or Cantonese. A large percent of C-pop music comes from Hong Kong or Taiwan, with a smaller percent coming from Singapore, Malaysia, or mainland China. From a musical and songwriting perspective, Chinese pop music is generally described as quite simple. Structurally, Chinese songs carry a basic verse-...
Hip-Hop
While there is a thriving C-pop market in Asia today, Hip-Hop (and Rock) are significantly less popular and in fact, Hip Hop music in mainland China was done mostly underground until a decade ago when it gained a small amount of mainstream acceptance (especially with the younger Chinese generation). Because of Hip-Hop’s inherent rebellious nature and counter-culture lyrics, this genre has taken a long time to become an accepted form of music compared to Hip-Hop in the West. Still today, the l...
- Eric M. Meyer
English Definition. (形) As an adjective. Causing fear or dread or terror. Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless. Hyphenation. dire. Part of Speech. (形) adjective. Matching Results.
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: dire [ daɪər ] adj. 1 [+ consequences, poverty] 极 (極)端的 jíduān de. 2 ( inf: terrible) 可怕的 kěpà de. to be in dire straits. ( financially) 捉襟见 (見)肘 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu. to be in dire need of sth. 极 (極)需某物 jí xū mǒuwù.
