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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 胡琴

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
胡琴 hú qin - huqin
- family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 65,389 63,486

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Hu
- non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
- reckless
- outrageous
- what?
- why?
- to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
- see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- beard
- mustache
- whiskers
qín- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither)
- musical instrument in general
qín- variant of 琴[qin2], guqin or zither

Other Words Containing 胡琴

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo