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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhò-khîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāoqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caocín
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao¹-chʻin²
    • Yale: tsāu-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsauchyn
    • Palladius: цаоцинь (caocinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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" (i.e., string instrument).