琴弦

Chinese

		qin; general name for certain instruments	bow string; string of mus. instr.
trad. (琴弦/琴絃)		琴	弦/絃
simp. (琴弦)		琴	弦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kam⁴ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khîm-hiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínsián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²-hsien²
    • Yale: chín-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynshyan
    • Palladius: циньсянь (cinʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kam⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: kàhm yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kam⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kem⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîm-hiân
    • Tâi-lô: khîm-hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qimhieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰim²⁴⁻²² hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim²⁴⁻²² hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰim¹³⁻²² hiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰim²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰim²³⁻³³ hiɛn²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 琴弦

1. (music) string of a musical instrument