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小提琴xiǎo tí qín
violin
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 小提琴 | xiǎotíqín | |
| 1. n. (musical instruments) violin | ||
| 拉 小提琴 - to play the violin - | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| violin | ||
| 1. 小提琴 | ||
| Components | ||
| 小 | xiǎo | |
| 1. small, tiny, little | ||
| 小孩 - child | ||
| Antonyms: 大 | ||
| 2. minor, petty | ||
| 3. briefly, for a short while | ||
| 小憩 - brief rest | ||
| 4. slightly, a little | ||
| 5. young | ||
| 小狗 - puppy | ||
| 小貓 - kitten | ||
| 小羊 - lamb | ||
| 這 嬰兒 太 小 了，不 能 自己 吃 東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself. | ||
| Antonyms: 老 | ||
| 6. (the) youngest | ||
| 小兒子 - youngest son | ||
| 7. a young person; child, kid, baby | ||
| 一家老小 - the entire family, old and young | ||
| 8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people). | ||
| For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李. | ||
| 9. (humble) my, our | ||
| 小弟 - humble I | ||
| 小女 - humble my daughter | ||
| 小的 - humble I | ||
| 10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school) | ||
| 11. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school. | ||
| 12. 二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School | ||
| 13. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education. | ||
| 14. 小一 - P1 (first year in primary school) | ||
| 15. (dialectal) concubine | ||
| 16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck. | ||
| 小 你！ - Duck you! | ||
| 17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小. | ||
| 提 | tí | |
| 1. to carry; to lift | ||
| 提 得de 動 - to be able to carry | ||
| 提 不 動 - to be unable to carry | ||
| 這 瓶 酒 我 提 不 起來。 - I can't lift this bottle of wine. | ||
| 把 箱子 提 到 那邊 - to carry the box over there | ||
| 肩 上 提 着 一個 籃子 - to carry a basket on the shoulder | ||
| 2. to raise; to increase | ||
| 提價 - to increase price | ||
| 3. to mention; to nominate | ||
| 4. to point out; to put forward | ||
| 提出 - to point out | ||
| 5. (Chinese calligraphy) a rising stroke ((m, mul, ㇀)) | ||
| 6. Only used in 提防 (to take precautions against; to watch out for) | ||
| 7. (Min Nan, dialectal Hakka) to take | ||
| 8. Alternative form of 禔 | ||
| 提Chí 彌Mí-明 | ||
| 9. Only used in 朱提 | ||
| 10. to throw | ||
| 11. to sever | ||
| 琴 | qín | |
| 1. (musical instrument) qin (“Chinese zithers”), referring to any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most famously the guqin | ||
| 2. (musical instrument) collective name for certain musical instruments, usually of string or keyboard types, such as piano, organ, violin, cello, huqin, accordion, harmonica, etc. | ||
| 3. (musical instrument, specifically) piano (attn, zh, just Hong Kong?) | ||
| 4. (Cantonese) yesterday | ||
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Pronunciation
xiǎo tí qín
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