管风琴 (guǎn fēng qín) — pipe organ | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pipe organ

Measure word · 架

Examples

管风琴。
Tā zhèng zài xué xí tán guǎn fēng qín.
He is learning to play the pipe organ.
管风琴。
Zhè zuò jiào táng yǒu yí zuò hěn dà de guǎn fēng qín.
This church has a very large pipe organ.
管风琴。
guǎn fēng qín De shēng yīn fēi cháng hóng liàng.
The sound of the pipe organ is very majestic.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

风琴wind instrument

风fēngwind琴qíninstrument

偏正Modifier + head

Pipes on a wind instrument give a pipe organ.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

珡珡qín

Sound part声符shēngfú

今

今jīn琴qín

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

琴 pairs 珡, the part tied to its sense as a stringed instrument, with 今, which gives the sound.

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