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指法

zhǐfǎ

(music) fingering

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(music) fingering

02

(TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles

03

(keyboard) typing technique

04

(dance) hand movements

05

(painting) finger method

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 指法 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 指法 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

萨克斯管吹奏者常常兼演奏长笛,因为长笛的指法和萨克斯管类似。sà kè sī guǎn chuī zòu zhě cháng cháng jiān yǎn zòu cháng dí, yīn wèi cháng dí de zhǐ fǎ hé sà kè sī guǎn lèi sì。

Saxophonists often double on flutes, which have similar fingerings to their primary instruments.

你用那种指法弹不会觉得费劲吗?nǐ yòng nà zhǒng zhǐ fǎ dàn bú huì jué de fèi jìn ma?

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 指法.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 指法.

Directly before

  • 的指法1
  • 那种指法1

Directly after

  • 指法和1
  • 指法弹1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 指法

What does 指法 mean in Chinese?

指法 (zhǐfǎ) means (music) fingering.

How do you pronounce 指法?

指法 is pronounced zhǐfǎ.

Is 指法 an HSK word?

指法 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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