旋律

Chinese

		lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve	law
simp. and trad. (旋律)		旋	律

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuánlǜ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ leot^6-2 / syun⁴ leot⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hièn-li̍t / hiàn-li̍t

(Hailu, HRS): hien lud^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng² loeh⁷ / syoeng² lyoeh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soân-lu̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): suang⁵ lug⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánlǜ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánlyù
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²-lü⁴
  - Yale: sywán-lyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanliuh
  - Palladius: сюаньлюй (sjuanʹljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ly⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁴ leot^6-2 / syun⁴ leot⁶
  - Yale: syùhn léut / syùhn leuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ loet^9-2 / syn⁴ loet⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ lêd^6-2 / xun⁴ lêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ lɵt̚²⁻³⁵/, /syːn²¹ lɵt̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièn-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien^ˇ lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian² lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯en¹¹ lit̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiàn-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: hian^ˇ lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian² lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯an¹¹ lit̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien lud^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /hien⁵⁵ lut²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng² loeh⁷ [Phonetic: soeng⁵ loeh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sé̤ng-le̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ¹³⁻¹¹ lœʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng² lyoeh⁷ [Phonetic: syoeng⁵ lyoeh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ²⁴⁻²¹ lyøʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân-lu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: suân-lu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soanlut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan²⁴⁻²² lut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴⁻²² lut̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³⁻²² lut̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan²⁴⁻¹¹ lut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³⁻³³ lut̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suang⁵ lug⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suâng lu̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ luk̚⁴/

Noun

旋律

(literally, music) melody
(figuratively) rhythm; pace

Synonyms

(pace): 節奏／节奏 (jiézòu)

Derived terms

主旋律 (zhǔxuánlǜ)
固定旋律 (gùdìng xuánlǜ)
定旋律 (dìngxuánlǜ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旋	律
せん Grade: S	りつ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんりつ [sèńrítsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞n̺ɾʲit͡sɨ]

Noun

旋(せん)律(りつ) • (senritsu) ^{←せんりつ (senritu)^?}

melody (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
Synonyms: ふし (fushi), しらべ (shirabe), メロディー (merodī)

Derived terms

旋律的(せんりつてき) (senritsu-teki, “melodious”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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