"哀絲" meaning in Chinese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"sorrowful silk\"; the strings of most Chinese musical instruments were traditionally made from twisted silk dating back to ancient times",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "哀絲",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "zh:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "豪竹"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "melancholy sounds of a string instrument"
      ],
      "id": "en-哀絲-zh-noun-QrjsDJyk",
      "links": [
        [
          "melancholy",
          "melancholy"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "string instrument",
          "string instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) melancholy sounds of a string instrument"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āisī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞ ㄙ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āisī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aisih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹-ssŭ¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi-sz̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aisy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "айсы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ajsy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "哀絲"
}

{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "豪竹"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"sorrowful silk\"; the strings of most Chinese musical instruments were traditionally made from twisted silk dating back to ancient times",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "哀絲",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "zh:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "melancholy sounds of a string instrument"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "melancholy",
          "melancholy"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "string instrument",
          "string instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) melancholy sounds of a string instrument"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āisī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞ ㄙ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āisī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aisih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹-ssŭ¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi-sz̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aisy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "айсы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ajsy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "哀絲"
}