qin
/t͡ʃɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.
Example Sentences
- "... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The guqin was also a means of expressing love."
- "He makes his qin students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the qin."
- "Knowing that we play the qin, they told us that there was a qin in the teahouse, but only for decoration – no one there actually knew how to play it."
- "Sian was the captial of the Cin Dynasty(221B.C. - 201B.C.), which built the Great Wall of China. The city is now known for archeological finds, such as the clay soldiers, horses and arms buried with the emperor of the Cin Dynasty."
- "Until 1974, the name Qin Shihuangdi (221-210 B.C.) was essentially known to specialists through the annals of Sima Qian, official historian to the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.). The Han overthrew the Qin dynasty founded by the First Emperor and this might call for reservations concerning his objectivity. Yet Sima, who wrote a century after the facts, was well informed."
- "The highlight of every Chinese New Year meal with the family is when the "hongbao", red envelopes filled with brand new banknotes, are handed out at the end. The tradition goes back to the Qin dynasty (221 - 206 BC) when hongbao were given to children to protect them from evil spirits."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 琴, 沁
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /t͡ʃɪn/