琴 (kam4 | qin2) : qin (musical instrument), musical instrument

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琴

kam4

qin2

[1] qin, a Chinese fretted instrument with five or seven strings somewhat similar to a zither [2] a musical instrument, especially stringed, as the piano, violin [3] a Chinese family name [4] [粵] previous (day, night, etc.)

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 玉 (#96)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

琴

This word has been viewed 14022 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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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 65 compounds (CantoDict reports 68 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 13 examples containing 琴

琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！粵
The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)!
[the word "排對" is incorrect. we should say "派對"]

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲啲好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good.
[I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有一啲好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... it was average.
[I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]

我琴晚睇咗一套感人嘅戲粵
I saw a moving film yesterday evening.
[Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]

今日冇琴日咁熱。粵
It is not so hot today as it was yesterday.
[Parsing: 今日 today | 冇 is not | 琴日 yesterday | 咁 so | 熱 hot. The Cantonese structure is much simpler than the English.]

琴日都好地地嘅，今日就發燒囉。粵
It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today.

今日冇堂上，因為琴日上咗堂。粵
There is no class today, because we had one yesterday.

我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]

你琴晚劈酒劈到醉醉地粵
You got pretty drunk last night.
[Lit. you yesterday evening binge-alcohol binge-arrive drunk-ish]

琴晚佢飲到好醉，跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。粵
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts.
[Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]

佢琴晚冇閂窗，一醒發覺身體有四粒蚊𧕴粵
He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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