Piano in Chinese (Mandarin): 钢琴 (gāngqín)

钢琴
gāngqín
piano
- Simplified
- 钢琴
- Traditional
- 鋼琴
- Pinyin
- gāngqín
- Typed as
- gangqin
Use it in a sentence
钢琴有很多黑白键。
鋼琴有很多黑白鍵。
A piano has many black and white keys.
The characters in 钢琴
钢 / 鋼
Steel. 钅 (metal) is on the left.
9 strokes
琴
A stringed instrument.
12 strokes
钢琴 is a "steel instrument", for the steel strings inside. Playing the piano is 弹钢琴 (tán gāngqín).
More examples with 钢琴
我会弹钢琴。
我會彈鋼琴。
Wǒ huì tán gāngqín.
I can play the piano.
钢琴的声音很好听。
鋼琴的聲音很好聽。
Gāngqín de shēngyīn hěn hǎotīng.
The piano sounds lovely.
How to write 钢琴 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
钢 9 strokes
琴 12 strokes
In Traditional characters:
鋼 16 strokes
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