月琴

Chinese

		moon	stringed instrument
trad. (月琴)		月	琴
simp. #(月琴)		月	琴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ kam⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): ngṳè-gěng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ge̍rh-khîm / ge̍h-khîm / goe̍h-khîm
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸yuq-jin; ⁸yoq-jin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuècín
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-chʻin²
    • Yale: ywè-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehchyn
    • Palladius: юэцинь (juecinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ kam⁴
    • Yale: yuht kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʰɐm²¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳè-gěng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyɛ⁴² keiŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍rh-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: ge̍rh-khîm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: ge̍h-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: geqqiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: gue̍h-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goeqqiim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰim²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰim¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸yuq-jin; ⁸yoq-jin
    • MiniDict: yuih^入 jin; yoh^入 jin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhyq-jjin; ⁵hhioq-jjin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyɪʔ¹¹ d͡ʑin²³/, /ɦioʔ¹¹ d͡ʑin²³/

Noun

月琴

1. yueqin (short-necked fretted plucked lute with a round wooden body, used in the traditional music of China, particularly Beijing opera)
2. a long-necked fretted plucked lute with a round wooden body, used in the traditional music of Taiwan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	琴
げつ > げっ Grade: 1	きん Grade: S
on’yomi

Diagram of a gekkin.

Group of Japanese folk musicians holding the instrument.

Etymology

月(げつ) (getsu, “moon”) + 琴(きん) (kin, “stringed instrument”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞k̚ʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

月(げっ)琴(きん) • (gekkin) 

1. a short-necked fretted plucked lute with a round wooden body, derived from the Chinese yueqin and formerly used in the traditional music of Japan

Korean

Hanja in this term
月	琴

Noun

月琴 • (wolgeum) (hangeul 월금)

1. Hanja form^? of 월금 (“a round-bodied plucked lute with four strings and 13 frets, formerly used in the traditional music of Korea”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
月	琴

Noun

月琴

1. chữ Hán form of nguyệt cầm (“moon lute”).