Chinese symbol for “lyric”
抒情
shū qíng
to express emotion; lyric
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lyric is 抒情 (shū qíng), defined as: to express emotion; lyric.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抒情.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抒发 (抒發) | shū fā | to express (an emotion); to give vent |
| 各抒己见 (各抒己見) | gè shū jǐ jiàn | everyone gives their own view |
| 抒情诗 (抒情詩) | shū qíng shī | lyric poetry |
| 抒写 (抒寫) | shū xiě | to express (emotions in prose); a written description (of emotions) |
| 抒怀 (抒懷) | shū huái | to express emotion |
| 情况 (情況) | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 情绪 (情緒) | qíng xù | mood; state of mind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lyric”.
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.