Xylophone in Chinese (Mandarin): 木琴 (mùqín)
木琴
mùqín
xylophone
- Simplified
- 木琴
- Traditional
- 木琴
- Pinyin
- mùqín
- Typed as
- muqin
Use it in a sentence
我用小棒子敲木琴。
I tap the xylophone with little sticks.
The characters in 木琴
木
Wood.
4 strokes
琴
An instrument.
12 strokes
木琴 is a "wood instrument": a xylophone. You 敲 (qiāo, tap) it. A toy one with metal bars is often called 铁琴 (tiěqín).
More examples with 木琴
木琴有很多颜色。
木琴有很多顏色。
Mùqín yǒu hěn duō yánsè.
The xylophone has many colors.
我会用木琴敲一首歌。
我會用木琴敲一首歌。
Wǒ huì yòng mùqín qiāo yì shǒu gē.
I can play a song on the xylophone.
How to write 木琴 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
木 4 strokes
琴 12 strokes
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