# 彈琴
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tánqín
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taan$^4$ kam$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): han$^3$ kim$^{3*}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thàn-khìm
    (Hailu, HRS): tan kim
* Eastern Min (BUC): dàng-kìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dua$^2$ ging$^2$ / duaⁿ$^2$ ging$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tôaⁿ-khîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tang$^5$ kim$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-jin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan$^2$ jin$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tánqín
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táncín
*** Wade–Giles: tʻan$^2$-chʻin$^2$
*** Yale: tán-chín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnchyn
*** Palladius: таньцинь (tanʹcinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰän³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taan$^4$ kam$^4$
*** Yale: tàahn kàhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taan$^4$ kam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tan$^4$ kem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːn²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: han$^3$ kim$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /han²² kʰim²²⁻²²⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàn-khìm
*** Hakka Romanization System: tan$^ˇ$ kim$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tan$^2$ kim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰan¹¹ kʰim¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tan kim
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵⁵ kʰim⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dàng-kìng
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(kʰ-)}$ŋiŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dua$^2$ ging$^2$ [Phonetic: dua$^5$ ging$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: duáⁿ-gíng
*** Sinological IPA : /tua¹³⁻²¹ kiŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: duaⁿ$^2$ ging$^2$ [Phonetic: duaⁿ$^5$ ging$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tũã¹³⁻²¹ kiŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôaⁿ-khîm
*** Tâi-lô: tuânn-khîm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa'qiim
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tuã²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tuã²⁴⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã¹³⁻²² kʰim¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tuã²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuã²³⁻³³ kʰim²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tang$^5$ kim$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâng khîm
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰim⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-jin
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ jin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-jjin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² d͡ʑin⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: dan$^2$ jin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tan¹³ t͡ɕin¹³/
* Middle Chinese: dan gim
Rime :
| Character | 彈 | 琴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) | 侵 (140) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 徒干切 | 巨金切 |
| Baxter | dan | gim |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑn/ | /ɡˠiɪm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑn/ | /ɡᵚim/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑn/ | /ɡiem/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dan/ | /gjim/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑn/ | /ɡjəm/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑn/ | /ɡĭĕm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑn/ | /gi̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tán | qín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taan$^4$ | kam$^4$ |

### Verb

彈⫽琴 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (music) to play certain musical instruments that can be described as 琴 (qín), such as some stringed instruments (guzheng, guqin, etc.), or a keyboard instrument (piano, electric piano, accordion, pipe organ, etc.)

#### Usage notes

操琴 (cāoqín) more commonly refers to playing the huqin (especially the jinghu), while 彈琴／弹琴 (tánqín) could refer to playing any kind of qin.

#### Synonyms

* (Hainanese) 拍琴

#### Derived terms

* 亂彈琴 / 乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín)
* 卵彈琴 / 卵弹琴
* 對牛彈琴 / 对牛弹琴 (duìniútánqín)
* 黃連樹下彈琴 / 黄连树下弹琴