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yueqin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yue-qin
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月琴 (yuèqín, literally “moon(-shaped) stringed instrument; moon guitar”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

yueqins (plural) yue qin (alternative) yüeh-ch'in (alternative)

Synonyms

moon guitar moon lute moon zither gekkin

Questions

What does yueqin mean?
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.
Where does yueqin come from?
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月琴 (yuèqín, literally “moon(-shaped) stringed instrument; moon guitar”).

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