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