應弦

See also: 应弦

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	bow string; string of mus. instr.
trad. (應弦)		應	弦
simp. (应弦)		应	弦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngsián
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-hsien²
    • Yale: yìng-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshyan
    • Palladius: инсянь (insjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

Adverb

應弦

1. (archaic) following the sound of the twanging of a (bow or zither) string

   • 孫策望見，按住手中槍，扯弓搭箭，正射中陳生面門，應弦落馬。 [MSC, trad.]
     孙策望见，按住手中枪，扯弓搭箭，正射中陈生面门，应弦落马。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 7

     Sūn Cè wàngjiàn, àn zhù shǒu zhōng qiāng, chěgōngdājiàn, zhèng shè zhōng Chén Shēng miànmén, yìngxián luòmǎ. [Pinyin]

     Sun Ce looked into the distance, then dropped his spear and picked up his bow and arrow. Sun Ce's arrow struck Chen Sheng in the face; Chen Sheng then fell from his horse, accompanied by the sound of the twang of Sun Ce's just released bow string.