The Chinese word for banjo is
班卓琴
bān zhuō qín
Chinese Definition
| banjo | |
| 1. 班卓琴 | |
| Components | |
| 班 | |
| 1. group; party; class | |
| 2. (military) squad | |
| 3. shift; work shift | |
| 4. Alternative form of 斑 (spotted; striped) | |
| ^班 ^固 - Ban Gu (historian) | |
| 5. usage. (sense, military) Under the National Revolutionary Army, a platoon (排) was composed of three squads. With the infantry, the infantry squad would be composed of 14 soldiers, of 10 riflemen, and one li | |
| 卓 | |
| 1. tall and erect | |
| 2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty | |
| 琴 | |
| 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 琴 and their definitions
| 班卓琴 | |
| 1. n. (music) banjo |
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Pronunciation
bān zhuō qín
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