口琴

口琴

Chinese

		mouth	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (口琴)		口	琴
simp. #(口琴)		口	琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² kam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiéu-khìm
• Min Nan (POJ): kháu-khîm / khió-khîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒucín
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻin²
    • Yale: kǒu-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchyn
    • Palladius: коуцинь (koucinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² kam⁴
    • Yale: háu kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ kʰɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiéu-khìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieu` kimˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu³ kim²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯³¹ kʰim¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qiim
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰim²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: khió-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'qiim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰim²⁴/

Noun

口琴

1. harmonica; mouth organ

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口琴 (“harmonica”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口琴
Mandarin	Beijing	口琴兒
	Taiwan	口琴
	Luoyang	口琴
	Xi'an	口琴
	Singapore	口琴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	口琴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	口琴, 哈摩尼卡
Min Nan	Xiamen	喙琴, 口琴
	Quanzhou	喙琴, 口琴
	Zhangzhou	喙琴, 口琴
	Taipei	口琴 GT, 喙琴 GT, 哈摩尼卡 GT
	Haikou	喙琴
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口琴
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

See also

• 口風琴／口风琴 (kǒufēngqín)
• 手風琴／手风琴 (shǒufēngqín)

References

• “Entry #458”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	琴
こう Grade: 1	きん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

口(こう)琴(きん) • (kōkin) 

1. (music) Jew's harp

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
口	琴

Noun

口琴

1. chữ Hán form of khẩu cầm (“harmonica; mouth organ”).