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The Chinese word for violin is
小提琴

xiǎo tí qín



violin

Chinese Definition


violin
     1. 小提琴
Components
     1. small, tiny, little
           小孩 - child
           (ant, zh, 大)
     2. minor, petty
     3. briefly, for a short while
           小憩 - brief rest
     4. slightly, a little
     5. young
           小狗 - puppy
           小貓 - kitten
           小羊 - lamb
           這 嬰兒 太 小 了,不 能 自己 吃 東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself.
           (ant, zh, 老)
     6. (the) youngest
           小兒子 - youngest son
     7. a young person; child, kid, baby
           一家老小 - the entire family, old and young
     8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people).
           For example, Someone called 李國寶/李国宝 can be called 小李.
     9. (humble) my, our
           小弟 - humble I
           小女 - humble my daughter
           小的 - humble I
     10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school)
     11.    Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.
     12.   二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School
     13.    Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.
     14.   小一 - P1 (first year in primary school)
     15. (dialectal) concubine
     16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck.
           小 你! - Duck you!
     17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小.
     1. to carry; to lift
           提 得de 動 - to be able to carry
           提 不 動 - to be unable to carry
           這 瓶 酒 我 提 不 起來。 - I can't lift this bottle of wine.
           把 箱子 提 到 那邊 - to carry the box over there
           肩 上 提 着 一個 籃子 - to carry a basket on the shoulder
     2. to raise; to increase
           提價 - to increase price
     3. to mention; to nominate
     4. to point out; to put forward
           提出 - to point out
     5. (Chinese calligraphy) a rising stroke ((m, mul, ㇀))
     6. Only used in 提防 (to take precautions against; to watch out for)
     7. (Min Nan, dialectal Hakka) to take
     8. Alternative form of 禔
           zh-x, 提Chí 彌Mí-明
     9. Only used in 朱提
     10. to throw
     11. to sever
     1. (musical instrument) qin (“Chinese zithers”), referring to any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most famously the guqin
     2. (musical instrument) collective name for certain musical instruments, usually of string or keyboard types, such as piano, organ, violin, cello, huqin, accordion, harmonica, etc.
     3. (musical instrument, specifically) piano (attn, zh, just Hong Kong?)
     4. (Cantonese) yesterday



Translations for and their definitions

小提琴
     1. n. (musical instruments) violin
           拉 小提琴 - to play the violin -


梵啞鈴
     1. n. (chiefly Wu musical instruments) violin


梵哑铃
     1. Simplified form of 梵啞鈴


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