Chinese word

吉他

Pronunciation

Pinyinjí tā

Meaning

  • nounguitar

Example

我会弹吉他。wǒ huì tán jí tā

I can play the guitar.

Illustration for 吉他 (guitar)

More examples

上个月她去乐器店买了吉他。shàng gè yuè tā qù yuè qì diàn mǎi le jí tā

Last month, she went to a music store and bought a guitar.

Core concept

A versatile Western string instrument used to support songs or carry a melody with the fingers or a pick.

Common phrases

  • 买吉他mǎi jí tā

    buy a guitar

  • 弹吉他tán jí tā

    play the guitar

  • 修理吉他xiū lǐ jí tā

    repair a guitar

Similar words

电吉他diàn jí tā: An electric guitar whose sound is amplified through pickups and an amplifier.
民谣吉他mín yáo jí tā: An acoustic guitar that uses its resonant body to produce a natural sound.
古典吉他gú diǎn jí tā: A classical guitar with nylon strings that produce a soft sound when played by hand.

Definition in Chinese

一种以指板按弦并拨奏出音的西洋拨弦乐器，常用于流行、民谣与古典等多种音乐风格。yì zhǒng yǐ zhǐ bǎn àn xián bìng bō zòu chū yīn de xī yáng bō xián yuè qì cháng yòng yú liú xíng mín yáo yǔ gú diǎn děng duō zhǒng yīn yuè fēng gé

Word origin

吉他 (jítā, "guitar") is formed by matching the sound of English guitar, not by combining character meanings that describe an instrument.

Usage tips

  • Chinese places a type before the noun in names such as 电吉他 (diànjítā, "electric guitar"), making instrument vocabulary easy to expand.

Related words

  • 古典吉他gú diǎn jí tāclassical guitarnoun
  • 吉他伴奏jí tā bàn zòuguitar accompanimentnoun
  • 吉他技巧jí tā jì qiǎoguitar techniquenoun

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