小提琴

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	handheld string instrument; violin family of musical instruments
trad. (小提琴)		小	提琴
simp. #(小提琴)		小	提琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎotíqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² tai⁴ kam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-thì-khìm
• Eastern Min (BUC): siēu-tì-kìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-thê-khîm
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-di-jin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎotíqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎotícín
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tʻi²-chʻin²
    • Yale: syǎu-tí-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautyichyn
    • Palladius: сяотицинь (sjaoticinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² tai⁴ kam⁴
    • Yale: síu tàih kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tai⁴ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² tei⁴ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-thì-khìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˋ ti^ˇ kim^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ ti² kim²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ tʰi¹¹ kʰim¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu-tì-kìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(tʰ-)li⁵³⁻³³ ^(kʰ-)iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-thê-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: sió-thê-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'te'qiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe¹³⁻²² kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²³⁻³³ kʰim²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-di-jin
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 di jin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-di-jjin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ di⁵⁵ d͡ʑin²¹/

Noun

小提琴

1. (music) violin (Classifier: 把 m; 部 c)

   拉小提琴  ―  lā xiǎotíqín  ―  to play the violin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小提琴 (“violin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小提琴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小提琴
	Singapore	小提琴
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	小提琴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	小提琴, 梵鈴 dated
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
Southern Min	Taipei	小提琴 GT, 手提琴 GT
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	bai-ó͘-lín
	Singapore (Hokkien)	番仔弦
	Manila (Hokkien)	小提琴, 手提琴
Wu	Shanghai	小提琴, 梵啞鈴
	Ningbo	手提琴
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

• 小提琴家 (xiǎotíqínjiā)