商
musical note; star mansion
Meanings
2 senses · 7 examplesnoun
shang, a traditional Chinese musical note
literaryPart of the traditional Chinese pentatonic scale, equivalent to the solfège note 're' in numbered musical notation. Refer to 五音 for more details.
Traditional Chinese folk music often uses the shang musical note.
The five traditional musical notes are gong, shang, jue, zhi, and yu.
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This ancient melody is mainly based on the shang note.
The music teacher explained the position of the shang note among the five tones to us.
The number 2 in numbered musical notation corresponds to the shang note in the ancient Chinese five-tone scale.
noun
Xin Xiu, a Chinese constellation
archaicOne of the twenty-eight lunar mansions in traditional Chinese astronomy, also known as the Heart mansion.
Ancient astronomers used the Shang constellation among the twenty-eight mansions as an observation reference.
The Shang constellation is located in the central region of Scorpius.