The Chinese word for key is
琴键
qín jiàn
Chinese Definition
| key | |
| 1. 钥匙 | |
| Components | |
| 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 | |
| 键 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 鍵 |
Translations for 键 and their definitions
| 鍵 | |
| 1. key (in electronic devices) | |
| 9jiǔ鍵 拼音 - 9-key pinyin (a way of pinyin using a 9-key keyboard) | |
| 2. to type | |
| 3. (chemistry) bond |
| 钥匙 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 鑰匙 |
| 键 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 鍵 |
| 鑰匙 | |
| 1. n. key (object designed to open and close locks) | |
| 配 鑰匙shi - to get a key cut | |
| 奶奶nai 老是 忘 帶 鑰匙shi 。 - Grandma always forgets her keys. | |
| 該死！我 把 我 的 鑰匙shi 丟 了。 - Damn it! I've lost my keys. | |
| 他 四處 尋找 丟失 的 鑰匙shi。 - He looked here and there for the missing keys. |
| 匙 | |
| 1. spoon | |
| 2. key | |
| 鑰匙shi - key - | |
| 士啤 匙si4 - spare key - |
| 鑰 | |
| 1. Alternative form of ? (bolt) | |
| 2. lock (device or mechanism) | |
| 3. key (to a lock) | |
| 鑰匙shi - key | |
| 4. (figurative) key (to something) | |
| 5. (figurative) strategic place |
| 钥 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 鑰 | |
| 2. Simplified form of 鈅 |
| 鎖匙 | |
| 1. n. (dialectal) key | |
| 2. n. (Min Dong) lock |
| 锁匙 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 鎖匙 |
| 調 | |
| 1. to adjust; to regulate | |
| 2. to train; to tame; to drill | |
| 3. (music) to tune; to play (an instrument) | |
| 4. to recuperate under medical treatment | |
| 5. to mix; to stir; to blend | |
| 6. harmonious; matching | |
| 7. to cook; to flavour | |
| 8. to play; to display; to be rude; to be naughty | |
| 9. to take liberties with (a woman); to flirt | |
| 10. to throw; to toss | |
| 11. to transfer; to move; to shift | |
| 調走 - to be transferred (from a post or position) | |
| 12. to select; to promote | |
| 13. to send; to dispatch; to arrange; to allocate | |
| 14. to exchange; to interchange | |
| 15. to extract; to draw out; to obtain | |
| 16. to turn; to revolve | |
| 17. to calculate; to investigate | |
| 18. to show off; to resort to | |
| 19. style; form; mode | |
| 20. mood; taste | |
| 21. opinion; idea; expression | |
| 22. (linguistics) accent; tone | |
| 23. (music) tune; melody | |
| 24. (music) key; mode | |
| A 調 - key of A | |
| ^徵zhǐ 調 曲 - Tune in the Key of Zhi ((by Yu Xin)) | |
| 25. (obsolete) Alternative form of 朝 (morning) | |
| 26. usage. Legge translates 調飢 as "great hunger", apparently based on Zhu Xi's glossing 調 as 「重也」 ("grave, serious"). |
| 關鍵 | |
| 1. n. (literal, Classical) latch (fastening for a door); door bolt | |
| 2. n. (figurative) crux; key element; crucial point | |
| 3. adj. (figurative) crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 一個 關鍵 細節 - a crucial detail | |
| 關鍵 成果 - key results |
| 关键 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 關鍵 |
| 调 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 調 |
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