彈琴

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) 彈 琴
simp. (弹琴) 弹 琴

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 彈 琴
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 寒 (61) 侵 (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 徒干切 巨金切
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/
Bernard
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 琴 (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.

Synonyms

  • (Hainanese) 拍琴

Derived terms

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