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piano / CL: , 臺|台
HSK 5
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  *琴* | 琴* | *琴
guqin 古琴 (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琴* | 琴* | *琴
variant of , guqin or zither
HSK 5
fiddle / violin
HSK 7-9
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:
harmonica
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
string (of a stringed instrument)
traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony
pipe organ (musical instrument)
to talk nonsense / to behave like a fool
player of a stringed instrument
harp
xylophone
yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
a piano key
Częstochowa (city in Poland)
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
guqin or seven-stringed zither
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
Lyra (constellation)
carrying very little luggage (idiom) / honest and incorruptible (government officials)
to play the zither / classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴
lute (loanword)
lyrebird
cello (CL:)
variant of 揚琴|扬琴
metallophone
gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)
viola
double bass / contrabass
violinist; fiddler
gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒)
Aegean Sea
accordion
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago
in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony
celesta
melodica
person and lute have both vanished (idiom) / death of a close friend
grand piano
pianist
hand organ / hurdy-gurdy
see
Jew's harp
out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
organ / pipe organ
piano performance
Algonquin (North American people)
electronic keyboard (music)
(bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
double bass; contrabass
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer
X-ray / Röntgen or Roentgen ray
prepared piano
Jew's harp
cellist
a harpsichord
Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
banjo (loanword)
floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
bow (of a stringed instrument)
player of a stringed instrument
(Tw) gin and tonic
(Tw) gin and tonic
mallet / drumstick
harmonium
erhua variant of 胡琴
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
pianist
vibraphone (music)
lute (loanword)


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