乐章

樂章
yuèzhāng
noun #20,485

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 movement (of a symphony or sonata)
  2. 2 musical chapter or section

Examples

Bèiduōfēn de dì wǔ jiāoxiǎngqǔ gòng yǒu sì gè yuèzhāng.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has four movements.
Dì sān yuèzhāng shì zhěng bù zuòpǐn zhōng zuì dòng rén de bùfen.
The third movement is the most moving part of the entire work.

Tips

memory
(music) + (chapter/section) = a chapter of music. The same appears in 文章 (article/essay) and 章节 (chapter), making 乐章 intuitive: a musical 'chapter'.

Stroke Order

zhāng