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”.

Pronunciation

Noun

提琴

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (提琴):
  • → Japanese: 提琴(ていきん) (teikin)

References

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

提(てい)琴(きん) • (teikin) 

  1. 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][3]
  2. (rare) a violin, a fiddle

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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