| xián | bow string/string of musical instrument/watchspring/chord (segment of curve)/hypotenuse/CL:根[gen1] |
| 弦 | bow string string of musical instrument watchspring |
| 弦乐 | string music |
| 弦乐器 | string instrument |
| 弦乐器演奏者 | a string player |
| 弦乐四重奏 | string quartet |
| 弦乐四重奏曲 | [Music] a string quartet |
| 弦乐钢琴四重奏 | string piano quartet |
| 弦乐队 | a string orchestra |
| 弦切角 | chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent) |
| 弦外之响 | variant of 弦外之音, overtone (idiom); meaning beyond the words implied meaning reading between the lines |
| 弦外之意 | variant of 弦外之音, overtone (idiom); meaning beyond the words implied meaning reading between the lines |
| 弦外之音 | overtone (idiom); meaning beyond the words implied meaning reading between the lines |
| 弦子 | three-stringed plucked instrument |
| 弦拨 | [Music] a pick; a plectrum |
| 弦数 | number of strings (of an instrument) |
| 弦月 | half-moon the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month |
| 弦月窗 | a narrow slit window a lunette |
| 弦歌 | song to stringed accompaniment |
| 弦理论 | string theory |
| 弦索 | Chords of a musical instrument. |