| 现代音乐 | xiàn dài yīn yuè | modern music; contemporary music |
生于优患，
死于安乐 | shēng yú yōu huàn ,
sǐ yú ān lè | thrive in calamity and perish in soft living; life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure (idiom) |
| 生日快乐 | shēng rì kuài lè | Happy birthday |
| 男孩乐队 | nán hái yuè duì | boy band (type of pop group) |
| 百事可乐 | Bǎi shì kě lè | Pepsi |
| 百家乐 | Bǎi jiā lè | Baccarat (loanword) |
| 百乐餐 | bǎi lè cān | potluck meal |
| 知足常乐 | zhī zú cháng lè | satisfied with what one has (idiom) |
| 礼坏乐崩 | lǐ huài yuè bēng | rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray |
| 礼崩乐坏 | lǐ bēng yuè huài | rites collapse, music spoilt (idiom); degeneration of feudal religious rites; Things ain't what they used to be. |
| 礼废乐崩 | lǐ fèi yuè bēng | rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray |
| 礼乐崩坏 | lǐ yuè bēng huài | rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray |
| 管弦乐团 | guǎn xián yuè tuán | orchestra |
| 圣诞快乐 | Shèng dàn kuài lè | Merry Christmas |
| 背景音乐 | bèi jǐng yīn yuè | background music (BGM); soundtrack; musical setting |
| 胡乐 | hú yuè | Hu music; central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) |
| 脆谷乐 | Cuì gǔ lè | Cheerios (breakfast cereal) |
| 自得其乐 | zì dé qí lè | to find amusement in one's own way; to enjoy oneself quietly |
| 舞台音乐 | wǔ tái yīn yuè | musical theater |
| 般乐 | pán lè | to play; to amuse oneself |
| 芭乐 | bā lè | guava (Taiwanese) |
| 芭乐票 | bā lè piào | forged money; fictitious bills; see also 芭乐 |
| 苦中作乐 | kǔ zhōng zuò lè | to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering |
| 华纳音乐集团 | Huà nà yīn yuè jí tuán | Warner music |
| 万家乐 | wàn jiā lè | Macro (brand) |
| 西方极乐世界 | xī fāng jí lè shì jiè | Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit) |
| 谁人乐队 | Shéi rén yuè duì | The Who (1960s UK rock band) |
| 军乐队 | jūn yuè duì | brass band |
| 轻音乐 | qīng yīn yuè | light music |
| 迪士尼乐园 | dí shì ní lè yuán | Disneyland |
| 迪斯尼乐园 | Dí sī ní lè yuán | Disneyland |
| 逗乐 | dòu lè | to amuse oneself; to clown around; to provoke laughter |
| 逸乐 | yì lè | pleasure-seeking |
| 游乐园 | yóu lè yuán | theme park |
| 游乐场 | yóu lè chǎng | playground |
| 铜管乐器 | tóng guǎn yuè qì | brass instruments |
| 键盘乐器 | jiàn pán yuè qì | keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc) |
| 钟乐 | zhōng yuè | bells |
| 长乐公主 | Cháng lè gōng zhǔ | Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土门 |
| 长乐市 | Cháng lè shì | Changle county level city in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian |
| 长乐未央 | cháng lè wèi yāng | endless happiness (idiom) |
| 阿芙乐尔号 | Ā fú lè ěr háo | battle cruiser Avrora (Russian: dawn) firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography |
| 陶乐 | Táo lè | former Taole county, now in Pingluo county 平罗县, Shizuishan 石嘴山, Ningxia |
| 陶乐县 | Táo lè xiàn | former Taole county, now in Pingluo county 平罗县, Shizuishan 石嘴山, Ningxia |
| 雅乐 | yǎ yuè | formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou; Korean a'ak; Japanese gagaku |
| 静乐 | Jìng lè | Jingle county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi |
| 静乐县 | Jìng lè xiàn | Jingle county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi |
| 韩村乐 | Hán cūn lè | Charles Hutzler. US journalist, Associated Press Beijing bureau chief |
| 音乐之声 | Yīn yuè zhī shēng | The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) |
| 音乐光碟 | yīn yuè guāng dié | music CD |
