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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 弹琴

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
弹琴 tán qín - to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

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
- - 10,142 27,747 15,205

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dàn- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball
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)
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 弹琴

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
弹琴 - - 10,142 27,747 15,205
乱弹琴 - - 54,712 - 70,110