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)
simp. #(操琴)

Pronunciation


Verb

操⫽琴 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (music) to play certain musical instruments that can be described as (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).

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