Chinese word dictionary

古筝

gǔ zhēng · guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during Tang and Song times)

Word information

Simplified古筝
Traditional古箏
Pinyingǔ zhēng
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 古筝

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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