彈琴

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See also: 弹琴

Chinese

bullet; shot; ball
bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach
 
qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (彈琴)
simp. (弹琴)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (7) (30)
Final () (61) (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter dan gim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑn/ /ɡˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑn/ /ɡᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑn/ /ɡiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dan/ /gjim/
Li
Rong
/dɑn/ /ɡjəm/
Wang
Li
/dɑn/ /ɡĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱɑn/ /gi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tán qín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taan4 kam4

Verb

彈⫽琴 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (music) to play certain musical instruments that can be described as (qín), such as some stringed instruments (guzheng, guqin, etc.), or a keyboard instrument (piano, electric piano, accordion, pipe organ, etc.)

Usage notes

操琴 (cāoqín) more commonly refers to playing the huqin (especially the jinghu), while 彈琴弹琴 (tánqín) could refer to playing any kind of qin.

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