胡琴

Chinese

		non-Han peoples, particularly those in the north and west	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (胡琴)		胡	琴
simp. #(胡琴)		胡	琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ kam⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): fu⁴ qin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘-khîm
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-jin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húqín → húqin (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ → ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄑㄧㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húci̊n
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-chʻin⁵
    • Yale: hú-chin
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.chyn
    • Palladius: хуцинь (xucinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/ → /xu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ kam⁴
    • Yale: wùh kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fu⁴ qin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: ôo-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'qiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³⁻²² kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³⁻³³ kʰim²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-jin
    • MiniDict: wu^去 jin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-jjin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² d͡ʑin⁴⁴/

Noun

胡琴

1. huqin (any of a family of vertical bowed lutes used in Chinese music)
2. (Wu, Huizhou, specifically) erhu
3. (historical) a general term for foreign plucked string instruments of northern or northwestern origin

   • 中軍置酒飲歸客，胡琴琵琶與羌笛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     中军置酒饮归客，胡琴琵琶与羌笛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 岑參 (Cen Shen), 白雪歌送武判官歸京

     Zhōngjūn zhìjiǔ yìn guīkè, húqín pípá yǔ qiāngdí. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (huqin):

Dialectal synonyms of 胡琴 (“huqin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		胡琴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胡琴兒, 呼呼兒, 呼兒
	Taiwan	胡琴
	Harbin	胡胡兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	胡兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	胡琴兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	胡胡
	Xi'an	胡胡兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	胡胡子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	弦索
Gan	Nanchang	胡琴
	Lichuan	胡琴
Hakka	Yudu	胡琴
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弦仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	弦仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弦仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	弦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弦仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	弦子
Jin	Taiyuan	胡胡, 葫蘆子
	Xinzhou	胡胡
Southern Min	Xiamen	弦仔
	Zhangzhou	弦仔
	Tainan	弦仔
	Haikou	弦
Wu	Shanghai	胡琴
	Ningbo	胡琴, 盧琴
Xiang	Changsha	胡琴子, 二弦

• (erhu):

Dialectal synonyms of 二胡 (“erhu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		二胡, 南胡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	南胡, 二胡
	Singapore	二胡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	二胡兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	二胡兒
	Xi'an	二胡兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胡琴
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	二胡子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	胡胡子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	二胡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	二胡, 二弦
	Hong Kong	二胡
	Taishan	二胡
Gan	Nanchang	二胡
	Lichuan	二胡
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	二弦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	二弦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	二弦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	二弦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	二弦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	二弦
Huizhou	Jixi	胡琴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	二胡
Southern Min	Xiamen	弦仔, 二胡
	Quanzhou	二胡, 尿升 humorous
	Zhangzhou	弦仔, 二胡
	Zhao'an	二弦, 胡弦
Wu	Shanghai	胡琴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	琴
こ Jinmeiyō	きん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こきん [kòkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) こきん [kóꜜkìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kʲĩɴ]

Noun

胡(こ)琴(きん) • (kokin) 

1. (music, archaic) biwa; pipa
2. (music) huqin

Hyponyms

• 二(に)胡(こ) (niko)
• 京(きょう)胡(こ) (kyōko)
• 四(し)胡(こ) (shiko)
• 提(てい)琴(きん) (teikin)
• 板(はん)胡(こ) (hanko)
• 椀(わん)琴(きん) (wankin)
• 椰(や)胡(こ) (yako)
• 高(こう)胡(こ) (kōko)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
胡	琴

Noun

胡琴 • (hogeum) (hangeul 호금)

1. hanja form^? of 호금 (“huqin”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
胡	琴

Noun

胡琴

1. chữ Hán form of hồ cầm (“huqin”).