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Xiàhuáyīn (-)

original: 下滑音

➺ remark(s) below

lowering a finger gradually in order to "glide" from a tone to a lower one

No identical types known (yet).

Literal translation: 下: "down", "downward"; 滑: "slippery/smooth"; 音: "sound/tone"; Defined by Wong as "(Portamento) downward glide"; ➺ Huáyīn, Shànghuáyīn.


Sources

Wong, Samuel Shengmiao: Qi’ - An instrumental guide to the Chinese orchestra. Singapore, 2005, p.142.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.742 [left (下 ➃)], 288 & 826.