Chinese Word of the Day

钢琴
gāng qín

piano

Definitions

Chinese > English
钢琴
1. Simplified form of 鋼琴
鋼琴	gāngqín
1. n. piano
彈tán 鋼琴 - to play the piano
English > Chinese
piano
1. 钢琴
2. 形容词. 平面
3. 形容词. 溫柔
4. 名词. 男性 (眾數 piani)
5. 名词. 樓層 (英國)
6. 名词. 钢琴
Components
钢
1. Simplified form of 鋼
鋼	gāng
1. steel
2. to sharpen; to whet; to strop
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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