Tom plays the piano better than I do.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
弹琴
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 弹琴 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 弹琴 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I can't play the piano, but she can.
Every time I go to Paris, I visit the Sacred Heart Basilica, sit on the steps, and listen to the people below singing and playing musical instruments.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 弹琴.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 弹琴.
Directly before
- 不会弹琴1
- 汤姆弹琴1
- 天使弹琴1
Directly after
- 弹琴比1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 弹琴
What does 弹琴 mean in Chinese?
弹琴 (tánqín) means to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument.
How do you pronounce 弹琴?
弹琴 is pronounced tánqín.
Is 弹琴 an HSK word?
弹琴 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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