Chinese Character 琴 (kam4 | qin2 ) : [1] chin, a Chinese fretted instrument with fi

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琴
kam4 qin2
[1] chin, a Chinese fretted instrument with five or seven strings somewhat similar to the zither [2] a musical instrument, especially stringed, as the piano, violin [3] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 12 Level: 3 Radical: 玉 (#96)
琴
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琴日 kam4 jat6 = yesterday粵琴晚 kam4 maan5 = last night; yesterday evening粵大提琴 daai6 tai4 kam4 da4 ti2 qin2 = cello 小提琴 siu2 tai4 kam4 xiao3 ti2 qin2 = a violin; a fiddle 鋼琴 gong3 kam4 gang1 qin2 = piano (pianoforte) 彈琴 taan4 kam4 tan2 qin2 = [1] to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument; [2] to play a harp, piano, organ, etc. 琴行 kam4 hong4*2 = piano shop; music store, musical instrument store 對牛彈琴 deoi3 ngau4 taan4 kam4 dui4 niu2 tan2 qin2 = to play the violin before a cow (choose the wrong audience) 打鋼琴 daa2 gong3 kam4 = to play the piano (彈鋼琴 is far more commonly used) 木琴 muk6 kam4 mu4 qin2 = xylophone, marimba See all 56 compounds
Showing all 3 examples containing 琴琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！粵 edit The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)! [the word "排對" is incorrect. we should say "派對"] 琴日都好地地嘅，今日就發燒囉。粵 edit It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today. 今日冇堂上，因為琴日上咗堂。粵 edit There is no class today, because we had one yesterday. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 琴
Unicode code for this character: U+7434 (off-site link)

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