吉他

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (吉他)		吉	他
simp. #(吉他)		吉	他
alternative forms		吉它 潔打／洁打 (giag4 da1) Teochew

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā)

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Aramaic קיתרא

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Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)

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Spanish guitarra

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English guitar

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Chinese 吉他 (jítā)

Borrowed from English guitar. For Taiwanese Hakka and Min Nan, via Japanese ギター (gitā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jítā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ taa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kí-tá
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiat--tha / gì-tà / gih-tah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giag⁴ da¹ / giag⁴ ta¹ / gig⁴ ta¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq-ta

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jítā → jíta (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄚ → ㄐㄧˊ ˙ㄊㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jítå
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-tʻa⁵
    • Yale: jí-ta
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi.ta
    • Palladius: цзита (czita)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ taa¹
    • Yale: gāt tā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ taa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ ta¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵/

Note: rare.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-tá
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi` da`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ da³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ ta³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat--tha
    • Tâi-lô: kiat--tha
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gì-tà
    • Tâi-lô: gì-tà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gie'dax
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi¹¹⁻⁵³ ta¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²¹⁻⁴¹ ta²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gih-tah
    • Tâi-lô: gih-tah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gihdaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ taʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ taʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giag⁴ da¹ / giag⁴ ta¹ / gig⁴ ta¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiak ta / kiak tha / kik tha
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiak̚²⁻⁴ ta³³/, /kiak̚²⁻⁴ tʰa³³/, /kik̚²⁻⁴ tʰa³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-ta
    • MiniDict: cih^入 ta
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-ta
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ ta⁴⁴/

Noun

吉他

1. (music) guitar

   彈吉他／弹吉他  ―  tán jítā  ―  to play the guitar

   吉他獨奏／吉他独奏  ―  jítā dúzòu  ―  guitar solo

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 結他／结他 (git3 taa1)
• 六弦琴 (liùxiánqín)

Derived terms

• 主音吉他 (zhǔyīn jítā)
• 低音吉他 (dīyīn jítā)
• 古典吉他 (gǔdiǎn jítā)
• 吉他手 (jítāshǒu)
• 弗拉門戈吉他／弗拉门戈吉他
• 木吉他 (mùjítā)
• 節奏吉他／节奏吉他 (jiézòu jítā)
• 電吉他／电吉他 (diànjítā)

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: gizdah

See also

• 打弦
• 橫按／横按
• 滑音 (huáyīn)
• 琵音 (píyīn)