qin
nounUS /t͡ʃɪn/
Etymology From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 琴 (qín).
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.
- ... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The guqin was also a means of expressing love.1989, Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs:
- He makes his qin students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the qin.2006, Dana Standridge, Lessons in Essence: A Novel:
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- Knowing that we play the qin, they told us that there was a qin in the teahouse, but only for decoration – no one there actually knew how to play it.2016 December 30, “Oral history book explores true meaning of tradition by recounting the revival of qin”, in Shanghai Daily:
- Related terms
- qin tan