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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-thì-khìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` tiˇ kimˇ
    • 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
  • (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
Mandarin	Taiwan	小提琴
	Guiyang	小提琴
	Singapore	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)