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qín
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2. musical instrument in general

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 琴

天琴座
tiān qín zuò

Lyra (constellation)

琴瑟和鸣
qín sè hé míng

in perfect harmony

爱琴海
ài qín hǎi

Aegean Sea

琴瑟不调
qín sè bù tiáo

out of tune

弹琴
tán qín

to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

班卓琴
bān zhuó qín

banjo (loanword)

加料钢琴
jiā liào gāng qín

prepared piano

伽倻琴
jiā yē qín

gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)

胡琴
hú qin

huqin

嘴琴
zuǐ qín

Jew's harp

琴瑟
qín sè

qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony

七弦琴
qī xián qín

guqin or seven-stringed zither

索尔仁尼琴
suǒ ěr rén ní qín

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago

竖琴
shù qín

harp

琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng

floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

小提琴
xiǎo tí qín

fiddle

焚琴煮鹤
fén qín zhǔ hè

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes

钢琴师
gāng qín shī

pianist

蝴蝶琴
hú dié qín

same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer

琴键
qín jiàn

a piano key

琴棋书画
qín qí shū huà

the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)

林琴南
lín qín nán

courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾[lín shū]

钢琴家
gāng qín jiā

pianist

马头琴
mǎ tóu qín

morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)

琴弦
qín xián

string (of a stringed instrument)

铁琴
tiě qín

metallophone

口风琴
kǒu fēng qín

melodica

月琴
yuè qín

yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box

爱琴
ài qín

Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey)

木琴
mù qín

xylophone

琉特琴
liú tè qín

lute (loanword)

电子琴
diàn zǐ qín

electronic keyboard (music)

琴锤
qín chuí

mallet

柳琴
liǔ qín

liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin

小提琴手
xiǎo tí qín shǒu

violinist

口簧琴
kǒu huáng qín

Jew's harp

低音大提琴
dī yīn dà tí qín

double bass; contrabass

乱弹琴
luàn tán qín

to talk nonsense

琴手
qín shǒu

player of a stringed instrument

簧风琴
huáng fēng qín

harmonium

钢琴演奏
gāng qín yǎn zòu

piano performance

大提琴手
dà tí qín shǒu

cellist

伦琴射线
lún qín shè xiàn

X-ray

低音提琴
dī yīn tí qín

double bass

管风琴
guǎn fēng qín

organ

提琴
tí qín

instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)

鲁特琴
lǔ tè qín

lute (loanword)

大钢琴
dà gāng qín

grand piano

电颤琴
diàn chàn qín

vibraphone (music)

坠琴
zhuì qín

same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhuì hú]

钢片琴
gāng piàn qín

celesta

阮琴
ruǎn qín

see 阮[ruǎn]

手摇风琴
shǒu yáo fēng qín

hand organ

阿尔衮琴
ā ěr gǔn qín

Algonquin (North American people)

中提琴
zhōng tí qín

viola

黑琴鸡
hēi qín jī

(bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)

琴师
qín shī

player of a stringed instrument

扬琴
yáng qín

yangqin

天琴星座
tiān qín xīng zuò

Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星[zhī nu:3 xīng]

大键琴
dà jiàn qín

a harpsichord

对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín

lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)

琴书
qín shū

traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment

人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wáng

person and lute have both vanished (idiom)

琴斯托霍瓦
qín sī tuō huò wǎ

Częstochowa (city in Poland)

扇面琴
shān miàn qín

same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer

古琴
gǔ qín

guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers

琴鸟
qín niǎo

lyrebird

大提琴
dà tí qín

cello

风琴
fēng qín

pipe organ (musical instrument)

伦琴
lún qín

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer

手风琴
shǒu fēng qín

accordion

口琴
kǒu qín

harmonica

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè

carrying very little luggage (idiom)

钢琴
gāng qín

piano