牛筋琴

Chinese

		tendon or ligament of cattle; rubber band; elastic band	qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (牛筋琴)		牛筋	琴
simp. #(牛筋琴)		牛筋	琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niújīnqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ gan¹ kam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niújīnqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióujincín
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-chin¹-chʻin²
    • Yale: nyóu-jīn-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujinchyn
    • Palladius: нюцзиньцинь (njuczinʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ gan¹ kam⁴
    • Yale: ngàuh gān kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ gan¹ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ gen¹ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ kʰɐm²¹/

Noun

牛筋琴

1. (music) niujinqin, a struck zither used to accompany traditional narrative singing in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China