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撫琴

撫琴

See also: 抚琴

Chinese

		to comfort; touch gently with hand	(mus. instr.) zither
trad. (撫琴)		撫	琴
simp. (抚琴)		抚	琴

Verb

撫琴

to play the zither
(literary) to strum a string instrument

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fǔqín

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² kam⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hú-khîm / bú-khîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǔqín
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuchyn
  - IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² kam⁴
  - Yale: fú kàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² kam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kʰɐm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-khîm
  - Tâi-lô: hú-khîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hw'qiim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-khîm
  - Tâi-lô: bú-khîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'qiim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰim²⁴/