馬頭琴

馬頭琴

See also: 马头琴

Chinese

		a horse's head; the head of a stableboy	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (馬頭琴)		馬頭	琴
simp. (马头琴)		马头	琴

Etymology

Calque of Mongolian ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠨ
ᠲᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ ᠲᠠᠢ
ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (morin toluɣai-tai quɣur, literally “fiddle with horse head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎtóuqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ tau⁴ kam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎtóuqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maatourchyn
    • IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ tau⁴ kam⁴
    • Yale: máh tàuh kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ tau⁴ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ teo⁴ kem⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ kʰɐm²¹/

Noun

馬頭琴

1. (music) morin khuur; horsehead fiddle

Synonyms

• 莫林胡爾／莫林胡尔
• 綽爾／绰尔 (chuò'ěr)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (馬頭琴):

• → Japanese: 馬 (ば)頭 (とう)琴 (きん) (batōkin)
• → Korean: 마두금 (馬頭琴, madugeum)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	頭	琴
ば Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2	きん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 馬頭琴.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ばと​ーきん [bàtóꜜòkìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [ba̠to̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

馬頭琴 (hiragana ばとうきん, rōmaji batōkin)

1. (music) a morin khuur

Synonyms

• モリンホール