五声 (五聲) wǔ shēng

  1. wǔ shēng phrase five notes
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of the pentatonic scale (ABC 'wǔshēng' 五声 n 1, p. 1009; Guoyu '五聲' 1)
  2. wǔ shēng phrase five tones
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In old phonetics, before the four tones of nothern Mandarin (ABC 'wǔshēng' 五声 n 2, p. 1009; Guoyu '五聲' 3)

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调五声 、 五声音阶

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