吉他

吉他

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (吉他)		吉	他
variant forms		吉它

Etymology

Borrowed from English guitar. For Taiwanese Hakka and Min Nan, via Japanese ギター (gitā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jítā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ taa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kí-tá
• Min Nan (POJ): gì-tà / gih-tah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jítā → jíta (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄚ → ㄐㄧˊ ˙ㄊㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi.ta
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ taa¹
    • Yale: gāt tā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ taa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ ta¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ tʰäː⁵⁵/

Note: rare.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-tá
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi` da`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ da³
    • IPA: /ki³¹ ta³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gì-tà
    • Tâi-lô: gì-tà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gie'dax
    • IPA (Taipei): /gi¹¹⁻⁵³ ta¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi²¹⁻⁴¹ ta²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gih-tah
    • Tâi-lô: gih-tah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gihdaq
    • IPA (Taipei): /gi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ taʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ taʔ³²/

Noun

吉他

1. (music) guitar

   彈吉他 / 弹吉他  ―  tán jítā  ―  to play the guitar

   吉他獨奏 / 吉他独奏  ―  jítā dúzòu  ―  guitar solo

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 結他／结他 (git3 taa1)
• 六弦琴 (liùxiánqín)

Derived terms

主音吉他 (zhǔyīn jítā) 低音吉他 (dīyīn jítā) 古典吉他 (gǔdiǎn jítā) 吉他手 (jítāshǒu)

弗拉門戈吉他／弗拉门戈吉他 木吉他 (mùjítā) 電吉他／电吉他 (diànjítā)

See also

• 打弦
• 橫按／横按
• 滑音 (huáyīn)
• 琵音 (píyīn)