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口琴kǒu qín
harmonica
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 口琴 | kǒuqín | |
| 1. n. harmonica; mouth organ | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| harmonica | ||
| 1. 口琴 | ||
| Components | ||
| 口 | kǒu | |
| 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity | ||
| 漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out. | ||
| 這 話 出自 你 的 口，聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth. | ||
| 2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object) | ||
| 入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance | ||
| 出口 (chūkǒu) - exit | ||
| 門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway | ||
| 3. gateway | ||
| 張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou | ||
| 口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall | ||
| 口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa) | ||
| 4. hole; cut | ||
| 口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole | ||
| 傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound | ||
| 5. port | ||
| 電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port | ||
| Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port | ||
| 6. perimeter | ||
| 人口 (rénkǒu) - population | ||
| 戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou | ||
| 7. government organ; department | ||
| 三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three | ||
| 我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite? | ||
| 8. (neologism, slang) to fellate | ||
| 9. Variant of 名 | ||
| 名 | míng | |
| 1. name | ||
| 書名 - title of the book | ||
| 給 它 起 個 名兒r - give it a name | ||
| 2. given name | ||
| 3. reputation; fame | ||
| 有名 - famous | ||
| 名利 - fame and fortune | ||
| 4. famous; reputable | ||
| 名牌 - having a good brand name; a brand name product | ||
| 5. excuse; form; ostensible purpose | ||
| 師出有名 - to do something for a good and proper reason | ||
| 6. (grammar) Short for 名詞, noun | ||
| 7. (grammar) Short for 專有名詞, proper noun | ||
| 8. (archaic, mathematics, arithmetic) sign | ||
| 9. to be called | ||
| 伊 名 什乇？ - tr=Ĭ miàng sié-nó̤h?, What's his/her name?, MD, a=Cdo_whats_his_name.ogg | ||
| 10. to describe; to give details of | ||
| 莫名其妙 - baffling | ||
| 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
kǒu qín
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