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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琴* | 琴* | *琴
guqin 古琴 (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general
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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *相* | 相* | *相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吟* | 吟* | *吟
to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. , wide vibrato)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筝* | 筝* | *筝
zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琵* | 琵* | *琵
see 琵琶, pipa lute
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琶* | 琶* | *琶
see 琵琶, pipa lute
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *猱* | 猱* | *猱
(literary) a kind of gibbon / (music) wide vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. , rapid vibrato)
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variant of 揚琴|扬琴
daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range
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ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer


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