Sigh (disambiguation)

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A sigh is an audible exhalation, usually signifying some emotional experience.

Sigh may also refer to:

In music, the pianto (en:crying) is the motif of a descending minor second, has represented laments and been associated textually with weeping, sighing ; or pain, grief, etc.; since the 16th century. For example the passus duriusculus. "It was present equally in vocal and instrumental music."

Sigh (band) Japanese metal band

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<i>Sigh</i> (film) 2000 film by Feng Xiaogang

Sigh is a 2000 Chinese drama film directed by Feng Xiaogang, written by Wang Shuo, starring Zhang Guoli, Liu Bei, Xu Fan and Fu Biao. Like most of Feng's films, the film is set mostly in Beijing.

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