口琴

Chinese

		mouth	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (口琴)		口	琴
simp. ^#(口琴)		口	琴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒuqín

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² kam⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiéu-khìm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-khîm / khió-khîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuqín
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒucín
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻin²
  - Yale: kǒu-chín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchyn
  - Palladius: коуцинь (koucinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² kam⁴
  - Yale: háu kàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² kam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² kem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ kʰɐm²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiéu-khìm
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˋ kim^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kieu³ kim²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯³¹ kʰim¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khîm
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-khîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qiim
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰim¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰim²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-khîm
  - Tâi-lô: khió-khîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'qiim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰim²⁴/

Noun

口琴

harmonica; mouth organ

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口琴 (“harmonica”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口琴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	口琴兒
	Taiwan	口琴
	Singapore	口琴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	口琴
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	口琴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	口琴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙琴, 口琴
	Quanzhou	喙琴, 口琴
	Zhangzhou	喙琴, 口琴
	Taipei	口琴 GT, 喙琴 GT, 哈摩尼卡 GT
	Haikou	喙琴
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口琴
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

See also

口風琴／口风琴 (kǒufēngqín)
手風琴／手风琴 (shǒufēngqín)

References

“口琴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	琴
こう Grade: 1	きん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

口(こう)琴(きん) • (kōkin)

(music) Jew's harp

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
口	琴

Noun

口琴

chữ Hán form of khẩu cầm (“harmonica; mouth organ”)