彈琴

See also: 弹琴

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (彈琴)		彈	琴
simp. (弹琴)		弹	琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan⁴ kam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thàn-khìm
• Eastern Min (BUC): dàng-kìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tôaⁿ-khîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang⁵ kim⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶de-jin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan² jin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táncín
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-chʻin²
    • Yale: tán-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnchyn
    • Palladius: таньцинь (tanʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan⁴ kam⁴
    • Yale: tàahn kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan⁴ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan⁴ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàn-khìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: tanˇ kimˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tan² kim²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰan¹¹ kʰim¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dàng-kìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(kʰ-)ŋiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôaⁿ-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: tuânn-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa'qiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tuã²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuã²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã¹³⁻²² kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuã²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuã²³⁻³³ kʰim²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tang⁵ kim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâng khîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰim⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶de-jin
    • MiniDict: de^去 jin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de-jjin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² d͡ʑin⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dan² jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan¹³ t͡ɕin¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dan gim

Rime
Character	彈	琴
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒干切	巨金切
Baxter	dan	gim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn/	/ɡˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn/	/ɡᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn/	/ɡiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan/	/gjim/
Li Rong	/dɑn/	/ɡjəm/
Wang Li	/dɑn/	/ɡĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑn/	/gi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan4	kam4

Verb

彈⫽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.

Synonyms

• (Hainanese) 拍琴

Derived terms

• 亂彈琴／乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín)
• 卵彈琴／卵弹琴
• 對牛彈琴／对牛弹琴 (duìniútánqín)
• 黃連樹下彈琴／黄连树下弹琴