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琴
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Definitions
- 1. guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
- 2. musical instrument in general
Example Sentences
1 shownTom聽到Mary在彈鋼 琴 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 琴
Lyra (constellation)
in perfect harmony
Aegean Sea
out of tune
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
banjo (loanword)
prepared piano
gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)
huqin
Jew's harp
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony
guqin or seven-stringed zither
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago
harp
floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
fiddle
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
pianist
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
a piano key
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾[lín shū]
pianist
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
string (of a stringed instrument)
metallophone
melodica
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey)
xylophone
lute (loanword)
electronic keyboard (music)
mallet
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
violinist
Jew's harp
double bass; contrabass
to talk nonsense
player of a stringed instrument
harmonium
piano performance
cellist
X-ray
double bass
organ
instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)
lute (loanword)
grand piano
vibraphone (music)
same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhuì hú]
celesta
see 阮[ruǎn]
hand organ
Algonquin (North American people)
viola
(bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
player of a stringed instrument
yangqin
Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星[zhī nu:3 xīng]
a harpsichord
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
Częstochowa (city in Poland)
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
lyrebird
cello
pipe organ (musical instrument)
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer
accordion
harmonica
carrying very little luggage (idiom)
piano