Chinese Word of the Day

琴键
qín jiàn

key

Definitions

Chinese > English
琴键
1. Simplified form of 琴鍵
琴鍵	qínjiàn
1. n. (music) key (on a musical instrument)
English > Chinese
key
1. 钥匙
Components
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
键
1. Simplified form of 鍵
鍵	jiàn
1. key (in electronic devices)
9jiǔ鍵拼音 - 9-key pinyin (a way of pinyin using a 9-key keyboard)
2. to type
3. (chemistry) bond
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