結他

See also: 结他

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (結他)		結	他
simp. (结他)		结	他

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā)

bor.

Aramaic קיתרא

bor.

Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)

bor.

Spanish guitarra

bor.

English guitar

bor.

Cantonese 結他／结他 (git³ taa¹)

Borrowed from English guitar.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): git³ taa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: git³ taa¹
    • Yale: git tā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸ taa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gid³ ta¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³ tʰaː⁵⁵/

Noun

結他

1. (Cantonese) guitar (Classifier: 支 c)

   彈結他／弹结他 [Cantonese]  ―  taan⁴ git^3-6 taa¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to play the guitar

Synonyms

• (chiefly Mandarin) 吉他 (jítā)
• 六弦琴 (liùxiánqín)