吉他
jí tā
Pinyin

Definition

吉他
 - 
jí tā
  1. guitar (loanword)
  2. CL:把[bǎ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

他
tā
  1. 1 he or him
  2. 2 (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
  3. 3 (used before sb's name for emphasis)
  4. 4 (used as a meaningless mock object)
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 another
他们
tā men
  1. 1 they
他人
tā rén
  1. 1 another
  2. 2 sb else
  3. 3 other people
其他
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 (sth or sb) else
  3. 3 the rest
吉
Jí
  1. 1 surname Ji
  2. 2 abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Jí lín Shěng]

Idioms (15)

他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

Sample Sentences

晚上驴友们一起弹吉他、唱歌、聊天，体验淳朴的生活，独自旅行的朋友在这里可以告别孤独的滋味了。
wǎnshang lǘyǒu men yīqǐ dàn jítā 、chànggē 、liáotiān ，tǐyàn chúnpǔ de shēnghuó ，dúzì lǚxíng de péngyou zài zhèlǐ kěyǐ gàobié gūdú de zīwèi le 。
In the evening, backpackers play guitar, sing, chat, and experience a simple life. Friends who travel alone can say goodbye to loneliness.
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我会弹吉他。
wǒ huì tán jítā 。
I can play guitar. (learnt skill)
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我最喜欢他们的吉他！整段前奏都是他独奏，华丽而流畅啊。
wǒ zuì xǐhuan tāmen de jítā ！zhěng duàn qiánzòu dōu shì tā dúzòu ，huálì ér liúchàng ā 。
I love his guitar the most! He does a solo for the entire intro, it's so beautiful and smooth.
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你好，你以前学过吉他吗？
nǐhǎo ，nǐ yǐqián xué guo jíta ma ？
Hello, have you learned guitar before?
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你手上这把吉他是民谣吉他，民谣吉他主要是用来弹唱的，和古典吉他不一样。
nǐ shǒushang zhè bǎ jíta shì mínyáo jíta ，mínyáo jíta zhǔyào shì yònglái tánchàng de ，hé gǔdiǎn jíta bù yīyàng 。
The guitar you have got is an acoustic guitar, acoustic guitars are mostly used for singing while strumming, they are different from a classical guitar.
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哦，吉他谱很简单，是六线谱，六根线对应六根琴弦。
ò ，jíta pǔ hěn jiǎndān ，shì liùxiànpǔ ，liù gēn xiàn duìyìng liù gēn qínxián 。
Oh, guitar notation is pretty simple, it's TAB notation, each of the lines corresponds to a string on the guitar.
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好，那我们从吉他的构造开始吧，吉他有六根弦，最细的是第一弦，最粗的是第六弦……
hǎo ，nà wǒmen cóng jíta de gòuzào kāishǐ ba ，jíta yǒu liù gēn xián ，zuì xì de shì dì yī xián ，zuì cū de shì dì liù xián ……
OK, then we will start from the structure of the guitar. The guitar has six strings, the finest string is the first and the thickest is the sixth...
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我会演奏吉他。
wǒ huì yǎnzòu jítā 。
I can play the guitar.
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你还是个吉他控。
nǐ háishì gè jítā kòng 。
You're also a guitar fanatic.
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吉他
jíta
guitar
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