提琴

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (提琴)		提	琴
simp. #(提琴)		提	琴
Literally: “handheld string instrument”.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 提琴

1. (music) violin family of musical instruments (Classifier: 把 m)
2. (music) tiqin, one of several bowed string instruments in the huqin family, used in traditional Chinese music (Classifier: 把 m)

References

• Mention of 提琴 as a traditional Chinese bowed string instrument

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
提	琴
てい Grade: 5	きん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 提琴 (MC dej gim). Compare modern Min Nan reading thê-khîm, Cantonese tai⁴ kam⁴.

Noun

提(てい)琴(きん) • (teikin) 

1. (music) a kind of traditional Chinese stringed instrument played with a bow

   Depending on time period and region, this term may refer to the two-stringed tiqin or yehu, or to a sihu with four strings. Generally larger and with a lower range than the erhu.

2. (rare) a violin, a fiddle

Synonyms

• (violin): バイオリン (baiorin)

Derived terms

• 提琴(ていきん)家(か) (teikinka): a violinist, a fiddler (rare)