弦 meaning in English

xián

bow string; string of musical instrument

HSK 7-9noun8 strokes

Meaning of 弦

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xián

Measure word: 根

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

B4和hé升shēngD5的de弦xián断duàn了le。

The B4 and D-sharp-5 strings snapped.

我wǒ弄nòng断duàn了le我wǒ吉jí他tā的de一yī根gēn弦xián。

I broke a string on my guitar.

专zhuān家jiā就jiù好hǎo像xiàng一yī台tái只zhǐ有yǒu一yī根gēn弦xián的de小xiǎo提tí琴qín一yī样yàng。

Specialists are people who have only one string on their violin.

我wǒ打dǎ算suàn加jiā入rù学xué校xiào的de管guǎn弦xián乐yuè团tuán。

I'm going to join the school orchestra.

你nǐ会huì弹dàn都dōu塔tǎ尔ěr二èr弦xián琴qín吗ma？

Can you play the dutar?

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What does 弦 mean?

弦 (xián) means "bow string; string of musical instrument" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 弦?

弦 is made of 1 character: 弦 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 弦 an HSK word?

Yes. 弦 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.