wǔ​shēng

pentatonic scale

五声 五聲 wǔ​shēng
pentatonic scale
the five notes of the traditional Chinese pentatonic scale: gōng, shāng, jué, zhǐ, and
five tones
the five tones in traditional Chinese phonetics: Yin Ping, Yang Ping, Shang, Qu, and Ru (the historical Ru tone)
five methods of listening
the five traditional methods of interrogating a suspect by observing their speech, facial expression, breathing, hearing, and eyesight

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BCC Corpus (BLCU)