提琴

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (提琴)		提	琴
simp. #(提琴)		提	琴
Literally: “handheld string instrument”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ kam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-khìm
• Min Dong (BUC): tì-kìng
• Min Nan (POJ): thê-khîm
• Wu (Wiktionary): di jin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tícín
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-chʻin²
    • Yale: tí-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyichyn
    • Palladius: тицинь (ticinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ kam⁴
    • Yale: tàih kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-khìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiˇ kimˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti² kim²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ kʰim¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tì-kìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵³⁻³³ ^(kʰ-)iŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: thê-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'qiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ kʰim²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: di jin (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥i²² t͡ɕɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

提琴

1. violin family of musical instruments (Classifier: 把 m)
2. tiqin (one of several bowed string instruments in the huqin family, used in traditional Chinese music) (Classifier: 把 m)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (提琴):

• → Japanese: 提琴(ていきん) (teikin)

References

• Mention of 提琴 as a traditional Chinese bowed string instrument

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
提	琴
てい Grade: 5	きん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 提琴 (MC dei ɡˠiɪm). Compare modern Min Nan reading thê-khîm, Cantonese tai⁴ kam⁴.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) てーきん [tèékíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

提(てい)琴(きん) • (teikin) 

1. a kind of traditional Chinese stringed instrument played with a bow

   Depending on time period and region, this term may refer to the two-stringed tiqin or yehu, or to a sihu with four strings. Generally larger and with a lower range than the erhu.

2. (rare) a violin, a fiddle

Synonyms

• (violin): バイオリン (baiorin)

Derived terms

• 提琴(ていきん)家(か) (teikinka): a violinist, a fiddler (rare)