乐声 (yuè shēng) — musical sound, sound of music | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A literary noun for the sound of music, more poetic than everyday 音乐.

noun

musical soundsound of music

Measure word · 个

Examples

乐声。
Cóng yuǎn chù chuán lái yí zhèn yuè shēng.
A musical sound came from afar.
乐声，。
yuè shēng Yōu yáng, ràng rén xīn qíng yú kuài.
The musical sound is melodious, making people feel happy.
乐声。
Yīn yuè huì shàng de yuè shēng fēi cháng dòng tīng.
The musical sound at the concert was very pleasant to hear.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

乐 ('music') and 声 ('sound') together mean the sound of music.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

絲絲sīstring
木木mùwood

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

殸耳聲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

耳耳ěrear

Sound part声符shēngfú

殸

殸qìng聲shēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

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