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Meaning of "Chinese block" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE BLOCK

Chinese block play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHINESE BLOCK

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Chinese block is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CHINESE BLOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chinese block

Temple block

The temple block is a percussion instrument originating in China, Japan and Korea where it is used in religious ceremonies. It is a carved hollow wooden instrument with a large slit. In its traditional form, the wooden fish, the shape is somewhat bulbous; modern instruments are also used which are rectangular in shape. Several blocks of varying sizes are often used together to give a variety of pitches. In Western music, their use can be traced back to early jazz drummers, and they are not uncommon in modern orchestral music, where they are also called dragons' mouths. Its sound is similar to that of the wood block, although temple blocks have a darker, more "hollow" timbre. It can be clearly heard in Leroy Anderson's The Syncopated Clock and is also used in Olivier Messiaen's only symphony, Turangalîla, and his only opera, Saint-François d'Assise. Harrison Birtwistle calls for 4 temple blocks in his 2008 opera The Minotaur, Magnus Lindberg calls for 5 in Seht die Sonne and Pierre Boulez for one in Notations I-IV. Leonard Bernstein, George Benjamin and David Horne also used it in their compositions.

Definition of Chinese block in the English dictionary

The definition of Chinese block in the dictionary is a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHINESE BLOCK

Chinese
Chinese burn
Chinese cabbage
Chinese chequers
Chinese Chippendale
Chinese copy
Chinese crested
Chinese date
Chinese eddo
Chinese Empire
Chinese gooseberry
Chinese ink
Chinese lantern
Chinese leaf
Chinese leaves
Chinese medicine
Chinese puzzle
Chinese red
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese Revolution

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHINESE BLOCK

a chip off the old block
block
building block
cellblock
chip off the old block
clock
cylinder block
engine block
mental block
mounting-block
nerve block
on the block
roadblock
snatch block
starting block
stumbling block
sun block
superblock
unblock
wood block
writer´s block

Synonyms and antonyms of Chinese block in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Chinese block» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHINESE BLOCK

Find out the translation of Chinese block to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Chinese block from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Chinese block» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中国块
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bloque chino
570 millions of speakers

English

Chinese block
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चीनी ब्लॉक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كتلة الصينية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Китайский блок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bloco chinês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চীনা ব্লক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bloc chinois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blok Cina
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chinesische Block
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中国ブロック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중국어 블록
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blok Cina
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khối Trung Quốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீனத் தொகுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चीनी ब्लॉक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çin bloğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blocco cinese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chiński dom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Китайський блок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bloc din China
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κινέζοι μπλοκ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Chinese blok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kinesiska blocket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kinesisk blokk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Chinese block

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINESE BLOCK»

The term «Chinese block» is used very little and occupies the 184.973 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINESE BLOCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Chinese block

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHINESE BLOCK»

Discover the use of Chinese block in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Chinese block and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bilingual Lexical Representation and Processing: Evidence ...
Xin Wang. (Figure 4: block presentations within lists and examples of masked primes within blocks) Within each Chinese block there were five conditions which were defined by the masked prime durations: 40ms, 50ms, 60ms, 70ms and 80ms.
Xin Wang, 2007
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Among the 36 Strategies, Running Away is the Top One
... pretending to check the garbage pails. They ran back and yelled, in Chinese, to the inside, "It's a guy, a foreigner.” I had told Jeff many times of my Chinese block and how the people here react— ed to non—Chinese intruding on their ...
Chia Chen, 2000
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... booking ВТ Motion picturesŕ Distribution Block books (2240-2241), ЕР Blockbooks Хитрые: Xylosßvhy BT Block printing Books ВТ Wood-engraving Facsímiles Block books. (hint-se (‚Чар- Subd Geog) [ДР Chinese block books Block books.
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 1997
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World Cultures Through Art Activities
THE ART OF THE CHINESE Block Printing The Chinese invented the art of printing in 868. The technique is called block printing Today, block printing is considered an artform. Paper Towel Block Prints (For children ages three to seven) ...
DINDY ROBINSON, 1996
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The Baltic Pearl in the Window to Europe: St. Petersburg's ...
The project successfully combines the cold regions of northern Europe and creates a sunny courtyard and Chinese block-based urban life. ... It forms a clustered residence and a construction of public space, combining the experience of ...
Megan Lori Dixon, 2008
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Medical Record
Chinese Block. — This block contains about 1,450 Chinamen and is noted as the block with the highest death-rate from pulmonary tuberculosis, as well as for its unsavory police record; the general rate is 34.65 per 1,000, and it also shows a ...
George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 1908
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Black Belt
... "Many of the karate kata taught today are simplified versions of the Chinese forms and consist mostly of block-and-strike techniques in two separate movements, as opposed to the original Chinese block/ strike-in-one-movement techniques.
8
Encyclopedia of Percussion
Bloc de (en) bois (Fr), Chinese block, tone block, wood drum. Bloc de bois cylindrique (Fr), woodblock, cylinder type. Bloc de métal (Fr), cowbell. Bloc en bois (Fr), woodblocks, wood drums. Blocco di legno (It), Chinese block, tone block, wood ...
John H. Beck, 2013
9
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 24 - ...
The earliest printing by Catholic missionaries had used conventional Chinese block-printing methods. In 1805 an imperial edict listed "no less than 31" such items (51). It is also interesting to note that the missions exported Chinese woodcut ...
Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, 1978
10
Publications of the American Statistical Association
The Chinese block (C) contains about 1,450 Chinamen and is noted for its high death-rate from pulmonary tuberculosis as well as for its unsavory police record. The general rate is 34.65 per 127] 521 Death-rate of the City of New York. Block.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHINESE BLOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Chinese block is used in the context of the following news items.
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The New Cold War Boundaries
... the economic development that has been taking place behind the scenes is the strategic element to the new southern Soviet/Chinese block. «Equities.com, Jul 15»
2
Free museum reopens this weekend in Ventura
... Chinese block printing, Mexican tin art, Native American masks, art under the microscope, Chilean Rain Sticks and sun prints, according to a ... «Ventura County Star, Jun 15»
3
Why China is ready to let Wall Street firms invade its markets
Overseas firms' expertise is also being used to develop more sophisticated ways to manage Chinese block trades, which could increase ... «Moneyweb.co.za, May 15»
4
G.F. Wilkinson Books Brings Pieces Of The Past To FiDi
Later, two men inquire about Chinese block prints on display, and Wilkinson names a price but tells them it's negotiable. "I don't have a lot of ... «Hoodline, Apr 15»
5
Author Ken Liu's epic fantasy 'Grace Of Kings' goes East Asian with …
... but it is distinguished by a visual style inspired by Chinese block prints and an emphasis on materials primarily of historic significance to East ... «The Star Online, Apr 15»
6
Silkpunk - playing engineer in an imaginary world
I also wanted a world where mechanical devices looked like they were realized from old Chinese block prints, and whose principles of ... «Boing Boing, Apr 15»
7
All England Semifinal as it happened: Saina Nehwal beats Sun Yu …
The Chinese block but it's straight into the nets. 13-12 to Saina now. 18:27(IST). The Indian contingent praying on the sidelines and it seems to ... «Firstpost, Mar 15»
8
DC9 at Night Mixtape with Chris Roze
... coming this Friday to It'll Do. The Chinese Block Party this Saturday with Proper DJ Collective. Every Wednesday at Beauty Bar with Trillwave ... «Dallas Observer, Feb 15»
9
Young People's Concert
The side drum and Chinese block. The xylophone. The castanets and gong. And before they all play together, the whip. We have taken the play ... «WDBJ7, Feb 15»
10
Triumph of the Innovation Economy- Part 4
Then there is printing, which began with Chinese block printing in the late seventh century and moved on to porcelain moveable type in 1045 ... «Innovation Excellence, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Chinese block [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chinese-block>. Apr 2024 ».
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