biàn zhǐ zhī shēng

Traditional: 變徵之聲

变徵之声 (biàn zhǐ zhī shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale”.

Meanings

  1. 1modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale

Characters in 变徵之声

变biàn · to change徵zhǐ · 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], corresponding to sol之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])声shēng · sound

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind变to change改变to change之间(after a noun) between; among; amid变成to change into声音voice声sound之一one of (sth)之类and so on之中inside

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