"yueqin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: yueqin [plural], yueqins [plural]
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月琴 (yuèqín, literally “moon(-shaped) stringed instrument; moon guitar”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|月琴|lit=moon(-shaped) stringed instrument; moon guitar|tr=yuèqín}} Mandarin 月琴 (yuèqín, literally “moon(-shaped) stringed instrument; moon guitar”) Head templates: {{en-noun|yueqin|s}} yueqin (plural yueqin or yueqins)
  1. (music) A small short-necked Chinese lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone) with a round, hollow wooden body and four strings in pairs in its traditional form, now more often with three or four unpaired strings. Wikipedia link: yueqin Categories (topical): Musical instruments, String instruments Synonyms: moon guitar, moon lute, moon zither, yue qin, yüeh-ch'in [obsolete] Synonyms (Japanese contexts): gekkin Translations (Chinese stringed instrument): 月琴 (yuèqín) (Chinese Mandarin), 월금 (wolgeum) (Korean), ᡶ᠋ᡳᡨᡠᡥᠠᠨ (fituhan) (Manchu), ᠶᡠᠸᡝᡳ ᡴᡳᠨ (yuwei kin) (Manchu)

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