- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- ocarina; wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
- sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- 管 Guǎn: 管 Guan3: surname Guan管 guǎn: 管 guan3: to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards
- a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
- 钟 Zhōng: 钟 Zhong1: surname Zhong钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4]); amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
- 空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
- 侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- see 古箏|古筝[gu3 zheng1]
- 筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]筑 Zhù: 筑 Zhu4: short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
- pottery
- flute
- to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
- 把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})把 bà: 把 ba4: handle
- free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
- reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
- flute; key
- bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
- xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
- a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds
- (bamboo); trumpet for chariots
- seven; 7
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher
- moreover; situation
- 虞 Yú: 虞 Yu2: surname Yu虞 yú: 虞 yu2: (literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive; (literary) to deceive; to dupe
- high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
- Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
- Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
- see 中山市[Zhong1 shan1 Shi4]; see 中山區|中山区[Zhong1 shan1 Qu1]; Nakayama (Japanese surname); see 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]
- 祝 Zhù: 祝 Zhu4: surname Zhu祝 zhù: 祝 zhu4: to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
- quiet; calm; tranquil; peaceful
- 蕃 fān: 蕃 fan1: foreign (non-Chinese)蕃 bō: 蕃 bo1: see 吐蕃[Tu3 bo1]蕃 fán: 蕃 fan2: luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce; to proliferate
- eight
- to sacrifice; to offer libation to
- canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
- 神 Shén: 神 Shen2: God神 shén: 神 shen2: god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- millet; God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers; minister of agriculture