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弹琴 meaning in English

tánqín

to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

Traditional 彈琴23 strokes

Meaning of 弹琴

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tánqín
  1. to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

弹琴 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ弹tán琴qín比bǐ我wǒ好hǎo
Tom plays the piano better than I do.
我wǒ不bú会huì弹tán琴qín，不bù过guò她tā会huì。
I can't play the piano, but she can.
跟gēn小xiǎo人rén说shuō理lǐ，就jiù如rú同tóng对duì牛niú弹tán琴qín。
Reasoning with a villain is pointless.
我wǒ每měi次cì去qù巴bā黎lí，都dū会huì去qù圣shèng心xīn大dà教jiào堂táng，坐zuò在zài台tái阶jiē上shàng，听tīng下xià面miàn的de人rén唱chàng歌gē、弹tán琴qín。
Every time I go to Paris, I visit the Sacred Heart Basilica, sit on the steps, and listen to the people below singing and playing musical instruments.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

弹 tán · to pluck · 11 strokes

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琴 qín · guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 弹琴.

子弹zǐdànbullet
钢琴gāngqínpiano
炸弹zhàdànbomb
导弹dǎodàn(guided) missile
小提琴xiǎotíqínfiddle; violin
弹性tánxìngflexibility; elasticity
反弹fǎntánto bounce; to bounce back
动弹dòngtanto budge
弹药dànyàoammunition
核弹hédànnuclear bomb
手榴弹shǒuliúdànhand grenade
炮弹pàodànartillery shell

Questions about 弹琴

What does 弹琴 mean?

弹琴 (tánqín) means "to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument".

How do you write 弹琴?

弹琴 is made of 2 characters: 弹 (11 strokes), 琴 (12 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

How is 弹琴 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 弹琴 is written 彈琴.