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长笛

chángdí

(Western) concert flute

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(Western) concert flute

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 长笛 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 长笛 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我想学钢琴,吉它或长笛。wǒ xiǎng xué gāng qín, jí tā huò cháng dí。

I would like to learn to play the piano, guitar or flute.

我希望你练习了你的长笛独奏!wǒ xī wàng nǐ liàn xí le nǐ de cháng dí dú zòu!

I hope you practiced your flute solo!

萨克斯管吹奏者常常兼演奏长笛,因为长笛的指法和萨克斯管类似。sà kè sī guǎn chuī zòu zhě cháng cháng jiān yǎn zòu cháng dí, yīn wèi cháng dí de zhǐ fǎ hé sà kè sī guǎn lèi sì。

Saxophonists often double on flutes, which have similar fingerings to their primary instruments.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 长笛.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 长笛.

Directly before

  • 或长笛1
  • 的长笛1
  • 演奏长笛1
  • 因为长笛1

Directly after

  • 长笛独奏1
  • 长笛的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 长笛

What does 长笛 mean in Chinese?

长笛 (chángdí) means (Western) concert flute.

How do you pronounce 长笛?

长笛 is pronounced chángdí.

Is 长笛 an HSK word?

长笛 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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