DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

弦外之響

简弦外之响 · 繁弦外之響

Mandarin · pinyin xián wài zhī xiǎng

see 弦外之音 xián wài zhī yīn

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

弦: xián · string; hypotenuse, crescent
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
響: Look up this written character
响: xiǎng · make sound, make noise; sound

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–1–3 · xian2 wai4 zhi1 xiang3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

弦外之響 · find source passages ↗ · 弦外之响 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jin4 ngoi6 zi1 hoeng2

Cantonese word readings for 弦外之響. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack