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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 琴 (qín).
Pronunciation
Noun
qin (plural qins)
- (music) Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.
1989, Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs:... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The guqin was also a means of expressing love.
2006, Dana Standridge, Lessons in Essence: A Novel:He makes his qin students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the qin.
2016 December 30, “Oral history book explores true meaning of tradition by recounting the revival of qin”, in Shanghai Daily:Knowing that we play the qin, they told us that there was a qin in the teahouse, but only for decoration – no one there actually knew how to play it.
Translations
Chinese musical instrument
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 琴 (zh) (qín)
- Japanese: 琴 (ja) (kin)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
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See also
References
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 477: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] ch'in (qin) (zither) 琴”
Mandarin
Romanization
qin
- Nonstandard spelling of qīn.
- Nonstandard spelling of qín.
- Nonstandard spelling of qǐn.
- Nonstandard spelling of qìn.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.