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

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• 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
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /suan²⁴⁻²² lut̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴⁻²² lut̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³⁻²² lut̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /suan²⁴⁻¹¹ lut̚⁴/
    • Sinological 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

1. (literally, music) melody
2. (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])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞n̺ɾʲit͡sɨ]

Noun

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

1. 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

• “旋律”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026