| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 琴 | 琴 | qín | - guqin or zither, cf 古琴[gu3 qin2] - musical instrument in general |
| 琴 | 琹 | qín | - variant of 琴[qin2], guqin or zither |
| 伦琴 | 倫琴 | lúnqín | - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen or Roentgen (1845-1923) |
| 口琴 | 口琴 | kǒuqín | - harmonica |
| 古琴 | 古琴 | gǔqín | - guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum - the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman) |
| 嘴琴 | 嘴琴 | zuǐqín | - Jew's harp |
| 坠琴 | 墜琴 | zhuìqín | - same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] |
| 弹琴 | 彈琴 | tánqín | - to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument |
| 爱琴 | 愛琴 | Àiqín | - Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey) |
| 提琴 | 提琴 | tíqín | - instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) - CL:把[ba3] |
| 扬琴 | 揚琴 | yángqín | - yangqin - dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) |
| 抚琴 | 撫琴 | fǔqín | - to play the zither - classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴[tan2 qin2] |
| 月琴 | 月琴 | yuèqín | - yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box |
| 木琴 | 木琴 | mùqín | - xylophone |
| 柳琴 | 柳琴 | liǔqín | - liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin |
| 洋琴 | 洋琴 | yángqín | - variant of 揚琴|扬琴[yang2 qin2] |
| 琴师 | 琴師 | qínshī | - player of a stringed instrument |
| 琴弦 | 琴弦 | qínxián | - string (of a stringed instrument) |
| 琴手 | 琴手 | qínshǒu | - player of a stringed instrument |
| 琴书 | 琴書 | qínshū | - traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment |
| 琴瑟 | 琴瑟 | qínsè | - qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony - marital harmony |
| 琴酒 | 琴酒 | qínjiǔ | - gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒[jin1 jiu3]) |
| 琴锤 | 琴錘 | qínchuí | - mallet - drumstick |
| 琴键 | 琴鍵 | qínjiàn | - a piano key |
| 胡琴 | 胡琴 | húqin | - huqin - family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring |
| 竖琴 | 豎琴 | shùqín | - harp |
| 钢琴 | 鋼琴 | gāngqín | - piano - CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2] |
| 风琴 | 風琴 | fēngqín | - pipe organ (musical instrument) |
| 七弦琴 | 七弦琴 | qīxiánqín | - guqin or seven-stringed zither |
| 中提琴 | 中提琴 | zhōngtíqín | - viola |
| 乱弹琴 | 亂彈琴 | luàntánqín | - to talk nonsense - to behave like a fool |
| 伽倻琴 | 伽倻琴 | jiāyēqín | - gayageum - Korean 12-stringed zither |
| 口簧琴 | 口簧琴 | kǒuhuángqín | - Jew's harp |
| 大提琴 | 大提琴 | dàtíqín | - cello - violoncello - CL:把[ba3] |
| 大钢琴 | 大鋼琴 | dàgāngqín | - grand piano |
| 大键琴 | 大鍵琴 | dàjiànqín | - a harpsichord |
| 天琴座 | 天琴座 | Tiānqínzuò | - Lyra (constellation) |
| 小提琴 | 小提琴 | xiǎotíqín | - fiddle - violin |
| 爱琴海 | 愛琴海 | ÀiqínHǎi | - Aegean Sea |
| 扇面琴 | 扇面琴 | shānmiànqín | - same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer |
| 手风琴 | 手風琴 | shǒufēngqín | - accordion |
| 班卓琴 | 班卓琴 | bānzhuóqín | - banjo (loanword) |
| 管风琴 | 管風琴 | guǎnfēngqín | - organ - pipe organ |
| 簧风琴 | 簧風琴 | huángfēngqín | - harmonium |
| 胡琴儿 | 胡琴兒 | húqínr | - erhua variant of 胡琴[hu2 qin2] |
| 蝴蝶琴 | 蝴蝶琴 | húdiéqín | - same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer |
| 钢片琴 | 鋼片琴 | gāngpiànqín | - celesta |
| 钢琴家 | 鋼琴家 | gāngqínjiā | - pianist |
| 钢琴师 | 鋼琴師 | gāngqínshī | - pianist |
| 电子琴 | 電子琴 | diànzǐqín | - electronic keyboard (music) |
| 电颤琴 | 電顫琴 | diànchànqín | - vibraphone (music) |
| 马头琴 | 馬頭琴 | mǎtóuqín | - morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument) |
| 黑琴鸡 | 黑琴雞 | hēiqínjī | - (Chinese bird species) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) |
| 一琴一鹤 | 一琴一鶴 | yīqínyīhè | - carrying very little luggage (idiom) - honest and incorruptible (government officials) |
| 人琴俱亡 | 人琴俱亡 | rénqínjùwàng | - person and lute have both vanished (idiom) - death of a close friend |
| 低音提琴 | 低音提琴 | dīyīntíqín | - double bass - contrabass |
| 伦琴射线 | 倫琴射線 | lúnqínshèxiàn | - X-ray - Röntgen or Roentgen ray |
| 加料钢琴 | 加料鋼琴 | jiāliàogāngqín | - prepared piano |
| 大提琴手 | 大提琴手 | dàtíqínshǒu | - cellist |
| 天琴星座 | 天琴星座 | Tiānqínxīngzuò | - Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星[Zhi1 nu:3 xing1] |
| 对牛弹琴 | 對牛彈琴 | duìniútánqín | - lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) - fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience - to cast pearls before swine - caviar to the general - to preach to deaf ears - to talk over sb's head |
| 小提琴手 | 小提琴手 | xiǎotíqínshǒu | - violinist - fiddler |
| 手摇风琴 | 手搖風琴 | shǒuyáofēngqín | - hand organ - hurdy-gurdy |
| 焚琴煮鹤 | 焚琴煮鶴 | fénqínzhǔhè | - lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes - fig. to waste valuable resources - to destroy wantonly beautiful things |
| 琴剑飘零 | 琴劍飄零 | qínjiànpiāolíng | - floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position |
| 琴棋书画 | 琴棋書畫 | qínqíshūhuà | - the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) - the accomplishments of a well-educated person |
| 琴瑟不调 | 琴瑟不調 | qínsèbùtiáo | - out of tune - marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony |
| 琴瑟和鸣 | 琴瑟和鳴 | qínsèhémíng | - in perfect harmony - in sync - lit. qin and se sing in harmony |
| 钢琴演奏 | 鋼琴演奏 | gāngqínyǎnzòu | - piano performance |
| 阿尔衮琴 | 阿爾袞琴 | Āěrgǔnqín | - Algonquin (North American people) |
| 低音大提琴 | 低音大提琴 | dīyīndàtíqín | - double bass - contrabass |
| 尤克里里琴 | 尤克里里琴 | yóukèlǐlǐqín | - ukulele - traditional form also written 烏克麗麗 |
| 琴斯托霍瓦 | 琴斯托霍瓦 | Qínsītuōhuòwǎ | - Częstochowa (city in Poland) |
| 索尔仁尼琴 | 索爾仁尼琴 | Suǒěrrénníqín | - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago |
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