HSK 6 · Media

旋律 xuánlǜ “melody” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 旋律 means

  1. melody
  2. tune

How to say 旋律

    旋律 in a sentence

    1. 多么美妙的旋律啊！

      Duōme měimiào de xuánlǜ a!

      What a beautiful melody!

      Sentence #13971851 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 我想不起那首歌的旋律。

      Wǒ xiǎng bu qǐ nà shǒu gē de xuánlǜ.

      I can’t remember the melody of that song.

      Sentence #1553723 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 我之前在哪里听过那段旋律。

      Wǒ zhīqián zài nǎli tīngguo nà duàn xuánlǜ.

      I’ve heard that melody somewhere before.

      Sentence #13971869 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 旋律 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 旋 (xuán) drawn as one shape
    旋xuánto revolve

    旋 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    The character 律 (lǜ) with each of its parts in a different colour
    律lǜlaw
    • 彳step · chì
    • 聿brush · yù

    How to write 旋律

    旋 11 strokes · 律 9 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

    旋律 (xuánlǜ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 旋律 (xuánlǜ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 旋律

    Words with 旋

    盘旋pánxuán · to circle旋转xuánzhuǎn · to rotate

    Words with 律

    律师lǜshī · lawyer法律fǎlǜ · law纪律jìlǜ · discipline规律guīlǜ · rule (e.g. of science)一律yílǜ · without exception

    More words: Media & Arts

    武侠wǔxiá · martial arts hero相声xiàngsheng · comic dialogue (crosstalk)肖像xiàoxiàng · portrait绣xiù · to embroider悬念xuánniàn · suspense序言xùyán · preface演奏yǎnzòu · to perform (on an instrument)摇滚yáogǔn · rock music

    FAQs

    旋律 (xuánlǜ) means “melody” or “tune”. It is an HSK 6 word.
    Say it xuánlǜ: xuánlǜ. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 旋律 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuanlu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 旋律 from the suggestions. Typing xuanlu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    旋律 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.