🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

乐器分类

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yuèqì fēnlèi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Instrument classification/ˈɪn.strə.mənt ˌklæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

" Hornbostel-Sachs 乐器分类法将乐器分为五大类。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The systematic categorization of musical instruments based on how sound is produced, most notably through the Hornbostel-Sachs or traditional Western orchestral systems.

    "The instrument classification system groups the flute and saxophone together as woodwinds in the traditional orchestra model, despite their different construction materials."
  2. 2

    The technical grouping of scientific, medical, or industrial instruments according to their function, precision grade, or application.

    "Modern metrology relies heavily on precise instrument classification to ensure international measurement standards are met."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'instrument' (from Latin 'instrumentum', meaning tool or implement, from 'instruere' to prepare or furnish) and 'classification' (from Late Latin 'classificatio', from 'classis' class or group). Established in musicology and scientific taxonomy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to systematically categorize devices used to produce sound or perform specialized measurements.

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🇫🇷French → English

classification des instruments

Transliteration: /klas.i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃ de.z‿ɛ̃.stʁy.mɑ̃/

"La classification des instruments de Hornbostel-Sachs est universellement reconnue en musicologie."

🇩🇪German → English

Instrumentenklassifikation

Transliteration: /ɪn.stʁuˈmɛn.tənˌklas.i.fi.kaˈtsi̯oːn/

"Die Instrumentenklassifikation hilft Musikwissenschaftlern, weltweite Volksinstrumente zu vergleichen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

classificazione degli strumenti

Transliteration: /klas.si.fi.kaˈt͡sjo.ne deʎ.ʎi stru.ˈmɛn.ti/

"La classificazione degli strumenti musicali divide i membranofoni dai cordofoni."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

clasificación de instrumentos

Transliteration: /kla.si.fi.kaˈθjon de in.stɾuˈmen.tos/

"La clasificación de instrumentos musicales incluye categorías como la percusión y los vientos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

classificação de instrumentos

Transliteration: /klas.si.fi.kaˈsãw dʒi ĩ.stɾuˈmẽ.tuʃ/

"A classificação de instrumentos é essencial para o estudo da organologia."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

वाद्य वर्गीकरण

Transliteration: vādya vargīkaraṇa

"भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीत में वाद्य वर्गीकरण की एक प्राचीन प्रणाली है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

乐器分类

Transliteration: yuèqì fēnlèi

" Hornbostel-Sachs 乐器分类法将乐器分为五大类。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

악기 분류

Transliteration: ak-gi bun-lyu

"현대 음악학에서는 체계적인 악기 분류 방식을 사용합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

楽器分類

Transliteration: gakki bunrui

"ホルンボステル=サックスの楽器分類は世界中で広く使われています。"

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