pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
琴
琴
qin2
guqin or zither, cf 古琴; musical instrument in general
琴
琹
qin2
variant of 琴, guqin or zither
strokes
12
radical
strokes after radical
8
阿尔衮琴
阿爾袞琴
a1 er3 gun3 qin2
Algonquin (North American people)
爱琴
愛琴
ai4 qin2
Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey)
爱琴海
愛琴海
ai4 qin2 hai3
Aegean Sea
班卓琴
班卓琴
ban1 zhuo2 qin2
banjo (loanword)
大钢琴
大鋼琴
da4 gang1 qin2
grand piano
大键琴
大鍵琴
da4 jian4 qin2
a harpsichord
大提琴
大提琴
da4 ti2 qin2
cello; violoncello
大提琴手
大提琴手
da4 ti2 qin2 shou3
cellist
低音大提琴
低音大提琴
di1 yin1 da4 ti2 qin2
double bass; contrabass
低音提琴
低音提琴
di1 yin1 ti2 qin2
double bass; contrabass
电颤琴
電顫琴
dian4 chan4 qin2
vibraphone (music)
电子琴
電子琴
dian4 zi3 qin2
electronic keyboard (music)
对牛弹琴
對牛彈琴
dui4 niu2 tan2 qin2
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
焚琴煮鹤
焚琴煮鶴
fen2 qin2 zhu3 he4
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things
风琴
風琴
feng1 qin2
pipe organ (musical instrument)
抚琴
撫琴
fu3 qin2
to play the zither; classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴
钢片琴
鋼片琴
gang1 pian4 qin2
celesta
钢琴
鋼琴
gang1 qin2
piano
钢琴家
鋼琴家
gang1 qin2 jia1
pianist
钢琴师
鋼琴師
gang1 qin2 shi1
pianist
钢琴演奏
鋼琴演奏
gang1 qin2 yan3 zou4
piano performance
古琴
古琴
gu3 qin2
guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum; the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)
管风琴
管風琴
guan3 feng1 qin2
organ; pipe organ
黑琴鸡
黑琴雞
hei1 qin2 ji1
(bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
蝴蝶琴
蝴蝶琴
hu2 die2 qin2
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
胡琴儿
胡琴兒
hu2 qin2 er5
erhua variant of 胡琴
胡琴
胡琴
hu2 qin5
huqin; family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
簧风琴
簧風琴
huang2 feng1 qin2
harmonium
加料钢琴
加料鋼琴
jia1 liao4 gang1 qin2
prepared piano
伽倻琴
伽倻琴
jia1 ye1 qin2
gayageum; Korean 12-stringed zither
口簧琴
口簧琴
kou3 huang2 qin2
Jew's harp
口琴
口琴
kou3 qin2
harmonica
柳琴
柳琴
liu3 qin2
liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin
乱弹琴
亂彈琴
luan4 tan2 qin2
to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool
伦琴
倫琴
lun2 qin2
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen or Roentgen (1845-1923)
伦琴射线
倫琴射線
lun2 qin2 she4 xian4
X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray
马头琴
馬頭琴
ma3 tou2 qin2
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
木琴
木琴
mu4 qin2
xylophone
七弦琴
七弦琴
qi1 xian2 qin2
guqin or seven-stringed zither
琴锤
琴錘
qin2 chui2
mallet; drumstick
琴键
琴鍵
qin2 jian4
a piano key
琴剑飘零
琴劍飄零
qin2 jian4 piao1 ling2
floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
琴酒
琴酒
qin2 jiu3
gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒)
琴棋书画
琴棋書畫
qin2 qi2 shu1 hua4
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting); the accomplishments of a well-educated person
琴瑟
琴瑟
qin2 se4
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony
琴瑟不调
琴瑟不調
qin2 se4 bu4 tiao2
out of tune; marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
琴瑟和鸣
琴瑟和鳴
qin2 se4 he2 ming2
in perfect harmony; in sync; lit. qin and se sing in harmony
琴师
琴師
qin2 shi1
player of a stringed instrument
琴手
琴手
qin2 shou3
player of a stringed instrument
琴书
琴書
qin2 shu1
traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
琴斯托霍瓦
琴斯托霍瓦
qin2 si1 tuo1 huo4 wa3
Częstochowa (city in Poland)
琴弦
琴弦
qin2 xian2
string (of a stringed instrument)
人琴俱亡
人琴俱亡
ren2 qin2 ju4 wang4
person and lute have both vanished (idiom); death of a close friend
扇面琴
扇面琴
shan1 mian4 qin2
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
手风琴
手風琴
shou3 feng1 qin2
accordion
手摇风琴
手搖風琴
shou3 yao2 feng1 qin2
hand organ; hurdy-gurdy
竖琴
豎琴
shu4 qin2
harp
索尔仁尼琴
索爾仁尼琴
suo3 er3 ren2 ni2 qin2
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago
弹琴
彈琴
tan2 qin2
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
提琴
提琴
ti2 qin2
instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)
天琴星座
天琴星座
tian1 qin2 xing1 zuo4
Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星
天琴座
天琴座
tian1 qin2 zuo4
Lyra (constellation)
铁琴
鐵琴
tie3 qin2
metallophone
小提琴
小提琴
xiao3 ti2 qin2
fiddle; violin
小提琴手
小提琴手
xiao3 ti2 qin2 shou3
violinist; fiddler
洋琴
洋琴
yang2 qin2
variant of 揚琴|扬琴
扬琴
揚琴
yang2 qin2
yangqin; dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
一琴一鹤
一琴一鶴
yi1 qin2 yi1 he4
carrying very little luggage (idiom); honest and incorruptible (government officials)
尤克里里琴
尤克里里琴
you2 ke4 li3 li3 qin2
ukulele; traditional form also written 烏克麗麗
月琴
月琴
yue4 qin2
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
中提琴
中提琴
zhong1 ti2 qin2
viola
坠琴
墜琴
zhui4 qin2
same as 墜胡|坠胡
嘴琴
嘴琴
zui3 qin2
Jew's harp