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琴 qín

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琴 qín Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qín | qin2
English translation
guqin or zither, cf 古琴 gǔ qín [gǔ qín]
musical instrument in general
variant of 琴 qín [qín], guqin or zither
Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument

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About 琴 qín

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

琴 qín

Contains the radical

王 Wáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Two guitar strings 玨 jué  suggest the meaning; 今 jīn provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 琴 qín

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱玨今

Explanation

The top component is a pictograph of a zither-like stringed musical instrument. 今 jīn is a sound component.

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Example sentences using 琴 qín

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这 zhè 本来 běnlái 是 shì 一 yī 架 jià 好 hǎo 钢琴 gāng qín , 但 dàn 是 shì 完全 wánquán 被 bèi 敲 qiāo 坏 huài 了 le .

It had been a good piano in its time, but it was badly knocked around.

我 wǒ 必须 bìxū 在 zài 本 běn 周 Zhōu 内 nèi 给 gěi 孩子 háizi 们 men 报名 bàomíng 学 xué 钢琴 gāng qín 课 kè .

I must enroll the children for piano lessons before next week.

她 tā 用 yòng 手指 shǒuzhǐ 划 huá 过 Guò 竖琴 shù qín 的 de 琴弦 qín xián .

She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.

日瓦戈将军 Jiāngjūn : 冬妮娅 yà , 你 nǐ 会弹三弦琴 qín 吗 mǎ ?

Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago : Tonya , can you play the balalaika?

他 tā 写 xiě 了 le 一 yī 段 Duàn 曲子 qǔzi , 并 bìng 在 zài 钢琴 gāng qín 上 shǎng 弹 dàn 给 gěi 我们 wǒmen 听 yǐn .

He'd written a tune, and played it to us on the piano.

Words with 琴 qín

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
钢琴 gāng qín piano鋼琴
琴 qín musical instrument in general琴 qín
小提琴 xiǎo tí qín fiddle小提琴 xiǎo tí qín
弹琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument彈琴
大提琴 dà tí qín cello大提琴 dà tí qín
钢琴家 gāng qín jiā pianist鋼琴家
口琴 kǒu qín harmonica口琴 kǒu qín
竖琴 shù qín harp豎琴
风琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument)風琴
手风琴 shǒu fēng qín accordion手風琴
古琴 gǔ qín guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers古琴 gǔ qín
钢琴师 gāng qín shī pianist鋼琴師
中提琴 zhōng tí qín viola中提琴 zhōng tí qín
提琴 tí qín CL:把 bǎ [bǎ]提琴 tí qín
爱琴海 Aì qín Hǎi Aegean Sea愛琴海
管风琴 guǎn fēng qín organ管風琴
电子琴 diàn zǐ qín electronic keyboard (music)電子琴
琴键 qín jiàn a piano key琴鍵
小提琴手 xiǎo tí qín shǒu violinist小提琴手 xiǎo tí qín shǒu
琴弦 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument)琴弦 qín xián
琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)琴棋書畫
木琴 mù qín xylophone木琴 mù qín
抚琴 fǔ qín to play the zither撫琴
扬琴 yáng qín yangqin揚琴

琴 qín Decomposition & Compounds

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琴 qín Decomposition

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琴 qín Compounds

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