提琴

Chinese
 
to carry; to lift; to put forward
to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)
 qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (提琴) 提 琴
simp. #(提琴) 提 琴
Literally: “handheld string instrument”.

Pronunciation

Noun

提琴

  1. violin family of musical instruments (Classifier: 把 m)
  2. tiqin (one of several bowed string instruments in the huqin family, used in traditional Chinese music) (Classifier: 把 m)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (提琴):
  • → Japanese: 提琴(ていきん) (teikin)

References

Japanese
Kanji in this term
提 琴
てい
Grade: 5		 きん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 提琴 (MC dei ɡˠiɪm). Compare modern Min Nan reading thê-khîm, Cantonese tai4 kam4.

Pronunciation

    Noun

    提(てい)琴(きん) • (teikin) 

    1. a kind of traditional Chinese stringed instrument played with a bow
      Depending on time period and region, this term may refer to the two-stringed tiqin or yehu, or to a sihu with four strings. Generally larger and with a lower range than the erhu.[2][3]
    2. (rare) a violin, a fiddle

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    References
    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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