小提琴

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	handheld string instrument; violin family of musical instruments
trad. (小提琴)		小	提琴
simp. #(小提琴)		小	提琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎotíqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² tai⁴ kam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-thì-khìm
• Min Dong (BUC): siēu-tì-kìng
• Min Nan (POJ): sió-thê-khîm
• Wu (Wiktionary): xiau di jjin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎotíqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautyichyn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎotícín
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao3-tʻi2-chʻin2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² tai⁴ kam⁴
    • Yale: síu tàih kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tai⁴ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² tei⁴ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-thì-khìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` tiˇ kimˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ ti² kim²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ tʰi¹¹ kʰim¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu-tì-kìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(tʰ-)li⁵³⁻³³ ^(kʰ-)iŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-thê-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: sió-thê-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'te'qiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe¹³⁻²² kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²³⁻³³ kʰim²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xiau di jjin (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔ³³ d̥i⁵⁵ d̥͡ʑɪɲ²¹/

Noun

小提琴

1. (music) violin (Classifier: 把 m; 部 c)

   拉小提琴  ―  lā xiǎotíqín  ―  to play the violin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小提琴 (“violin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小提琴
Mandarin	Taiwan	小提琴
	Guiyang	小提琴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	小提琴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
Min Nan	Taipei	小提琴 GT, 手提琴 GT, bai-ó͘-lín GT
Wu	Shanghai	小提琴, 梵啞鈴
	Ningbo	手提琴
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

• 小提琴家 (xiǎotíqínjiā)