交响曲

交響曲
jiāoxiǎngqǔ
noun #24,045

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 symphony
  2. 2 symphonic composition

Examples

Bèiduōfēn de dì jiǔ jiāoxiǎngqǔ jǔshì wénmíng.
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is world-famous.
Zuówǎn wǒmen qù tīng le yī chǎng jiāoxiǎngqǔ yǎnchū.
Last night we went to a symphony performance.

Tips

memory
literally means 'mutually resounding' ( = mutual/together, = sound/resound). A symphony is exactly that — many instruments sounding together. The suffix marks it as a musical piece.

Stroke Order

jiāo
xiǎng