交响曲

交響曲

jiāoxiǎngqǔ

noun #24,045

Measure Word

一首交响曲 shǒu

Meanings

1 symphony
2 symphonic composition

Characters

to intersect; mutual; together

to sound; to resound; loud

tune; melody; musical composition

Examples

HSK 4

昨晚我们去听了一场交响曲演出。

Zuówǎn wǒmen qù tīng le yī chǎng jiāoxiǎngqǔ yǎnchū.

Last night we went to a symphony performance.

HSK 7-9

贝多芬的第九交响曲举世闻名。

Bèiduōfēn de dìjiǔ jiāoxiǎngqǔ jǔshìwénmíng.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is world-famous.

Tips

memory

交响 literally means 'mutually resounding' (交 = mutual, 响 = sound). A symphony is exactly that - many instruments sounding together. The 曲 suffix marks it as a musical piece.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

响 xiǎng

曲 qǔ