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The Chinese word for harmonica is
口琴

kǒu qín



harmonica

Chinese Definition


harmonica
     1. 口琴
Components
     1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
           漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
           這 話 出自 你 的 口,聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
     2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
           入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
           出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
           門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
     3. gateway
           ^張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
           ^口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
           口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
     4. hole; cut
           口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
           傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
     5. port
           電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
           Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
     6. perimeter
           人口 (rénkǒu) - population
           戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
     7. government organ; department
           三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
           我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
     8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
     9. Variant of 名
     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

口琴
     1. n. harmonica; mouth organ


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Pronunciation


kǒu qín

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