Chinese symbol for “cadence”
韵律
yùn lǜ
Traditional: 韻律
cadence; rhythm; rhyme scheme; meter (in verse)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cadence is 韵律 (yùn lǜ), defined as: cadence; rhythm; rhyme scheme; meter (in verse); (linguistics) prosody.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cadence”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 节奏 (節奏) | jié zòu | rhythm; tempo |
| 调子 (調子) | diào zi | tune; melody |
| 顿挫抑扬 (頓挫抑揚) | dùn cuò yì yáng | cadence; modulation |
| 抑扬 (抑揚) | yì yáng | modulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation |
| 顿挫 (頓挫) | dùn cuò | a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 韵律.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神韵 (神韻) | shén yùn | charm or grace (in poetry or art) |
| 韵味 (韻味) | yùn wèi | implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal |
| 音韵 (音韻) | yīn yùn | music; rhyme and rhythm |
| 风韵 (風韻) | fēng yùn | charm; grace |
| 押韵 (押韻) | yā yùn | to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻|压韵 |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè) |
| 规律 (規律) | guī lǜ | rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior |
| 律师 (律師) | lǜ shī | lawyer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cadence”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.