The Chinese word for violin is
小提琴
xiǎo tí qínChinese Definition
violin | |
1. 小提琴 | |
Components | |
小 | |
1. small, tiny, little | |
小孩 - child | |
Antonyms: 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. | |
Antonyms: 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. | |
提 | |
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 | |
提Chí 彌Mí-明 | |
9. Only used in 朱提 | |
10. to throw | |
11. to sever | |
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
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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xiǎo tí qín
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