拨弦乐器 撥弦樂器 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn 弹琴 彈琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument 琴弦 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) 颤音 顫音 chàn yīn vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics) 琴师 琴師 qín shī player of a stringed instrument syn 马头琴 馬頭琴 mǎ tóu qín morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument) 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 定弦 dìng xián tuning (stringed instrument) / (fig.) to make up one's mind syn 无品 無品 wú pǐn fretless (stringed instrument) 琴手 qín shǒu player of a stringed instrument 难弹 難彈 nán tán hard to play (of music for stringed instrument) 三味线 三味線 sān wèi xiàn shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument 坠胡 墜胡 zhuì hú two-stringed bowed instrument / also called 墜琴|坠琴[zhui4 qin2] 琴弓 qín gōng bow (of a stringed instrument) 臭氧计 臭氧計 ozonometer / ozone meter / ozone instrument / ozone measuring device / ozone measuring instrument 臭氧测量仪器 臭氧測量儀器 ozonometer / ozone meter / ozone instrument / ozone measuring device / ozone measuring instrument 救出 jiù chū to rescue / to pluck from danger 采摘 採摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck / to pick syn 拔掉 bá diào to pluck / to pull off / to pull out / to unplug syn 摘取 zhāi qǔ to pluck / to take syn 拔毛 bá máo to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation 摘 zhāi to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need syn 煺 tuì to pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water 探骊得珠 探驪得珠 tàn lí dé zhū to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi) / fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub 弹拨 彈撥 tán bō to pluck (a string) 拔取 bá qǔ to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull 挦 撏 xián to pull out (esp. hair or feathers) / to pick / to pluck / fig. to extract (lines from a text) 吃熊心豹子胆 吃熊心豹子膽 chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) / to pluck up some courage 采兰赠芍 采蘭贈芍 cǎi lán - zèng sháo lit. to pluck orchids and gift peonies (idiom) / fig. (of lovers) to exchange presents 胡琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring 三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn 七弦琴 qī xián qín guqin or seven-stringed zither syn 京胡 jīng hú jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京二胡 贯 貫 guàn to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash syn 阮 ruǎn ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute syn 京二胡 jīng èr hú jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京胡 伽倻琴 jiā yē qín gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither) 朝鲜筝 朝鮮箏 cháo xiǎn zhēng gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither) 工具 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) syn 仪器 儀器 yí qì instrument / apparatus / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) syn 器械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon syn 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn 乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 喇叭 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc) / loudspeaker / brass wind instrument / trumpet / suona 鎖吶|锁呐[suo3 na4] syn 票据 票據 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt syn 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 读出 讀出 dú chū to read out loud / (computing) to read (data) / readout (of a scientific instrument) 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 铜管 銅管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 弹唱 彈唱 tán chàng to sing and play (plucked string instrument) 尺子 chǐ zi ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:把[ba3] syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 光学仪器 光學儀器 guāng xué yí qì optical instrument 金融工具 jīn róng gōng jù financial instrument 分度 fēn dù graduation (of a measuring instrument) 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 葫芦丝 葫蘆絲 hú lú sī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 打击乐器 打擊樂器 dǎ jī yuè qì percussion instrument syn 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 批准书 pī zhǔn shū instrument of ratification 芦笙 蘆笙 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument 编钟 編鐘 biān zhōng set of bells (old Chinese music instrument) 弦乐器 弦樂器 xián yuè qì string instrument syn 监测仪器 監測儀器 monitoring instrument 拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn 管乐器 管樂器 guǎn yuè qì wind instrument / woodwind 双簧管 雙簧管 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 巴乌 巴烏 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan 巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue syn 竖笛 豎笛 shù dí recorder (musical instrument) / (Tw) clarinet 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 炮烙 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) 吹号 吹號 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 三角铁 三角鐵 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron syn 弹拨乐器 彈撥樂器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4] 吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through syn 弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 簧 huáng reed (of a music instrument) / spring / coil syn 箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes syn 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 竽 yú free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China 磬 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone syn 