琴
qín
Pinyin

Definition

琴
 - 
qín
  1. guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. musical instrument in general
琴 (琹)
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qín
  1. variant of 琴[qín], guqin or zither

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小提琴
xiǎo tí qín
  1. 1 fiddle
  2. 2 violin
弹琴
tán qín
  1. 1 to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
琴
qín
  1. 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2 musical instrument in general
钢琴
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 classifier: 架 jià
  3. 3 classifier: 台 tái
口琴
kǒu qín
  1. 1 harmonica

Idioms (4)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

Sample Sentences

痛苦的回忆啊，暑假寒假有书法培训班、外语培训班、奥数培训班、小提琴培训班等等。
tòngkǔ de huíyì ā ，shǔjià hánjià yǒu shūfǎ péixùnbān 、wàiyǔ péixùnbān 、àoshǔ péixùnbān 、xiǎotíqín péixùnbān děngdeng 。
Painful memories, in summer and winter vacations we had calligraphy class, foreign language classes, International Mathematical Olympiad training class and violin class, and so on.
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小学时候我们班就有三类人：“仙人”就是那种看各种高端怪书的奇葩（比如卡尔维诺的《宇宙奇趣全集》）；“完人”这种人会跳舞会唱歌会主持节目会各种乐器，还奥数好英语好钢琴八级；还有一种人没啥当，只好当“井货”（横竖都是二）。
xiǎoxué shíhou wǒmen bān jiù yǒu sān lèi rén ：“xiānrén ”jiùshì nàzhǒng kàn gèzhǒng gāoduān guài shū de qípā （bǐrú kǎ ěr wéi nuò de 《yǔzhòu qíqù quánjí 》）；“wánrén ”zhèzhǒng rén huì tiàowǔ huì chànggē huì zhǔchí jiémù huì gèzhǒng yuèqì ，hái ÀoShù hǎo Yīngyǔ hǎo gāngqín bā jí ；háiyǒu yīzhǒng rén méi shá dāng ，zhǐhǎo dāng “jǐng huò ”（héngshu dōu shì èr ）。
There were three kinds of people in my elementary school: the Merlin - nerds who read all kinds of wired high-end books (like Calvino’s Trolltech Universe Collection); the Paragon - the kids who could sing, dance, host games, play instruments, were good at all subjects, and could play piano like a professional; what was left were those kids who couldn’t be either, so they could only be “lol"s (It is lol either way).
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老李啊，上个礼拜联欢会上看到你和令千金一个唱歌、一个弹琴，真是好琴艺、好歌喉！
Lǎo Lǐ ā ，shàng ge lǐbài liánhuānhuì shàng kàndào nǐ hé lìngqiānjīn yī gè chànggē 、yī gè tánqín ，zhēn shì hǎo qínyì 、hǎo gēhóu ！
Lee! I saw you and your daughter at last week's party. One was playing the piano and one was singing. What a skilled pianist and what a great voice!
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我记得你说令千金大学刚毕业是吗？好像学的是经济，怎么琴也弹得这么好呀！
wǒ jìde nǐ shuō lìngqiānjīn dàxué gāng bìyè shìma ？hǎoxiàng xué de shì jīngjì ，zěnme qín yě tán de zhème hǎo ya ！
I remember you saying that your daughter just graduated from Univeristy, right? I think it was Economics, no? How comes she also plays piano so well?
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可是我都会先松松肩膀再开始拉琴啊。
kěshì wǒ dōuhuì xiān sōng song jiānbǎng zài kāishǐ lā qín ā 。
But I always loosen up my shoulders before I start playing.
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老师，我练琴第一个礼拜，就练到肩膀好痠，几乎不能动，怎么办？
lǎoshī ，wǒ liàn qín dì yī ge lǐbài ，jiù liàn dào jiānbǎng hǎo suān ，jīhū bù néng dòng ，zěnme bàn ？
Sir, I've been practicing the erhu for a week and already my shoulders are aching. I can hardly even move, what should I do?
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我会弹钢琴。
wǒ huì tán gāngqín 。
I can play piano. (learnt skill)
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二胡跟钢琴的声音很合。
èrhú gēn gāngqín de shēngyīn hěn hé 。
The sound of piano and erhu really match.
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你的钢琴弹得真不错，跟谁学的？
nǐ de gāngqín tán de zhēn bùcuò ，gēn shéi xué de ？
You're good at playing the piano, who did you learn from?
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跟我阿姨学的，她是钢琴老师。
gēn wǒ āyí xué de ，tā shì gāngqín lǎoshī 。
My auntie taught me, she's a piano teacher.
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