| 弦外之响 | [ xián waì zhī xiǎng ] see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1] |
| 弦数 | [ xián shù ] number of strings (of an instrument) |
| 弦乐 | [ xián yuè ] string music |
| 弦乐器 | [ xián yuè qì ] string instrument |
| 弦乐队 | [ xián yuè duì ] string orchestra |
| 弦理论 | [ xián lǐ lùn ] string theory (physics) |
| 弦诵不缀 | [ xián sòng bù chuò ] variant of 弦誦不輟|弦诵不辍[xian2 song4 bu4 chuo4] |
| 弦诵不辍 | [ xián sòng bù chuò ] incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom) |
| 弦论 | [ xián lùn ] string theory (in theoretical physics) |
| 弦鸣乐器 | [ xián míng yuè qì ] string instrument |
| ⇒ G弦裤 | [ xián kù ] G-string |
| ⇒ 常德丝弦 | [ cháng dé sī xián ] Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments |
| ⇒ 弓弦儿 | [ gōng xián ] bowstring |
| ⇒ 拨弦乐器 | [ bō xián yuè qì ] plucked string or stringed instrument, plucked instrument |
| ⇒ 击弦类 | [ jī xián leì ] hammered string type (of musical instrument) |
| ⇒ 击弦类乐器 | [ jī xián leì yuè qì ] hammered string musical instrument |
| ⇒ 改弦易辙 | [ gaǐ xián yì zhé ] change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction, to dance to a different tune |
| ⇒ 断弦 | [ duàn xián ] widowed, lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony |
| ⇒ 管弦乐 | [ guǎn xián yuè ] orchestral music |
| ⇒ 管弦乐团 | [ guǎn xián yuè tuán ] orchestra |
| ⇒ 管弦乐队 | [ guǎn xián yuè duì ] orchestra |
| ⇒ 续弦 | [ xù xián ] to remarry (of a widow), second wife, qin and se 琴瑟[qin2 se4], two string instruments as a symbol of marital harmony |
| ⇒ 双曲正弦 | [ shuāng qū zhèng xián ] hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) |
| ⇒ 双曲线正弦 | [ shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián ] hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) |
| ⇒ 双曲余弦 | [ shuāng qū yú xián ] hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.) |
| ⇒ 余弦 | [ yú xián ] (math.) cosine |
| ⇒ 鹍弦 | [ kūn xián ] pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1] |
