# 胡琴
## Chinese

* 胡琴 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Huqin (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): húqín
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^4$ kam$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^4$ qin
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘-khîm
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu-jin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: húqín → húqin (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ → ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄑㄧㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: húci̊n
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$-chʻin$^5$
*** Yale: hú-chin
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.chyn
*** Palladius: хуцинь (xucinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/ → /xu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$ kam$^4$
*** Yale: wùh kàhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$ kam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$ kem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^4$ qin
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘-khîm
*** Tâi-lô: ôo-khîm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: o'qiim
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³⁻²² kʰim¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³⁻³³ kʰim²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wu-jin
*** MiniDict: wu$^去$ jin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhu-jjin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² d͡ʑin⁴⁴/

### Noun

胡琴
* huqin (any of a family of vertical bowed lutes used in Chinese music)
* (Wu, Huizhou, specifically) erhu
* (historical) a general term for foreign plucked string instruments of northern or northwestern origin
    From: 8th century, 岑參 (Cen Shen), 白雪歌送武判官歸京
    Zhōngjūn zhìjiǔ yìn guīkè, húqín pípá yǔ qiāngdí. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

* (huqin):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 胡琴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胡琴兒, 呼呼兒, 呼兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 胡琴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 胡胡兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 胡兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 胡琴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胡胡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 胡胡兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 胡胡子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 弦索 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 胡琴 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 胡琴 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 胡琴 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 弦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 弦子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 胡胡, 葫蘆子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 胡胡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弦仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 弦仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 弦仔 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 弦 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡琴 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 胡琴, 盧琴 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 胡琴子, 二弦 |
* (erhu):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 二胡, 南胡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 南胡, 二胡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 二胡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 二胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 二胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 二胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 胡琴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 二胡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 胡胡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 二胡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 二胡, 二弦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 二胡 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 二胡 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 二胡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 二胡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 二弦 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 胡琴 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 二胡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弦仔, 二胡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 二胡, 尿升 humorous |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 弦仔, 二胡 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 二弦, 胡弦 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡琴 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 胡 | 琴 |
| こ Jinmeiyō | きん Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こきん [kòkíń] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) こきん [kóꜜkìǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞kʲĩɴ]

### Noun

胡(こ)琴(きん) • (kokin)
* (music, archaic) biwa; pipa
* (music) huqin

#### Hyponyms

* 二(に)胡(こ) (niko)
* 京(きょう)胡(こ) (kyōko)
* 四(し)胡(こ) (shiko)
* 提(てい)琴(きん) (teikin)
* 板(はん)胡(こ) (hanko)
* 椀(わん)琴(きん) (wankin)
* 椰(や)胡(こ) (yako)
* 高(こう)胡(こ) (kōko)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 “胡琴”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 胡 | 琴 |

### Noun

胡琴 • (hogeum) (hangeul 호금)
* hanja form of 호금 (“huqin”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 胡 | 琴 |

### Noun

胡琴
* chữ Hán form of hồ cầm (“huqin”).