操琴

操琴

Chinese

		to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (操琴)		操	琴
simp. #(操琴)		操	琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāoqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Min Nan (POJ): chhò-khîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cāoqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsauchyn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caocín
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao1-chʻin2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: tshò-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoirqiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo²¹⁻⁵³ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo²¹⁻⁵³ kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰim²³/

Verb

操⫽琴 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (music) to play certain musical instruments that can be described as 琴 (qín), such as some stringed instruments (guzheng, guqin, etc.), or a keyboard instrument (piano, electric piano, accordion, pipe organ, etc.)

Usage notes

操琴 (cāoqín) more commonly refers to playing the huqin (especially the jinghu), while 彈琴／弹琴 (tánqín) could refer to playing any kind of qin.