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合四乙尺工

hé sì yǐ chě gōngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

合四乙尺工 合四乙尺工 [he2 si4 yi3 che3 gong1] /names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la/

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Character information

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  • 合
    gě

    100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

    hé

    to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale

  • 四
    sì

    four / 4

  • 乙
    yǐ

    second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yǐ fāng], as opposed to 甲方[jiǎ fāng]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°

    zhé

    turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhé]

  • 尺
    chě

    one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]

    chǐ

    a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhī],把[bǎ]

  • 工
    gōng

    work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

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