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 50A.93-6 
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ㄒㄧㄢˊ [xian2.Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  String on musical instrument (also wr. 絃) or on a bow: 弓 bowstring;
箭在上 the arrow is on the bow--poised to strike;
[xian2qin2]↓;
[xian2zi0]↓;
heartstring;
動人心 tuck at one's heartstrings.
(2)  (Math.) a chord, hypotenuse;
sine;
cosine.
(3)  Jumpy pulse: 脈.
(4)  The crescent moon: 上 the new moon;
the crescent after full moon.
(5)  Fig. of wife: 斷 wife dies (string of musical instrument snaps);
to remarry or n., second wife (lit., “restring” instrument).
V(AC) to play on stringed instrument.
Words1.琴 [xian2qin2], n., a stringed instrument with a number of strings: 三 a popular three-stringed instrument, used for telling stories; 四,六,十三 of 4, 6, 13 strings. 
2.歌 [xian2ge1], v.t., to sing with stringed accompaniment, sign of calm in crisis, and (allu.) good government. 
3.紐 [xian2niu3], n., peg on stringed instrument. 
4.線 [xian2xian4], n., cord, thread, line. 
5.誦 [xian2song4], v.i., sing aloud a text, read with intonation. 
6.索 [xian2suo3], n., stringed instruments collectively. 
7.子 [xian2zi0], n., a stringed instrument, esp. 三
8.韋 [xian2wei3], n., girdle hangings (with silk strings, and 韋 leather strips).