Let's Talk in Chinese Lessons Series Learning Chinese words and phrases easily with brief video instructions

Chinese Lessons Main Page Category

Let's Talk in Chinese 55

play piano 彈鋼琴, play guitar 彈吉他
play violin 拉小提琴, play the flute 吹笛子

Please practice pronunciation with videos:

New daily lesson will be updated everyday.
Please subscribe Andres Leo's Chinese lessons!

Phrases and Vocabulary of the lesson today

play piano 彈鋼琴 tán gāng-qín
play 彈 tán	piano 鋼琴 gāng-qín

play keyboard instrument 彈 tán

piano 鋼琴 gāng-qín
steel 鋼 gāng	string instrument 琴 qín

She plays the piano very well. 她很會彈鋼琴 Tā hěn huì tán gāng-qín
she 她 tā	very good at 很會 hěn huì		play piano 彈鋼琴 tán gāng-qín

she 她 tā

very good at something 很會 hěn huì
very 很 hěn	able 會 huì

play piano 彈鋼琴 tán gāng-qín
play 彈 tán	piano 鋼琴 gāng-qín

play guitar 彈吉他 tán jí-tā
play 彈 tán	guitar 吉他 jí-tā

pluck or play string instrument 彈 tán

guitar 吉他 jí-tā
jí 吉 jí	tā 他 tā

note: the 2-character Chinese word 吉他 is a modern phonetic translation
from "guitar," just like 咖啡(coffee). These Chinese characters are not
related with the words, just for pronunciation by the general public usage.

He plays the guitar very well. 他很會彈吉他 Tā hěn huì tán jí-tā
he 他 tā	very good at 很會 hěn huì		play guitar 彈吉他 tán jí-tā

he 他 tā

very good at something 很會 hěn huì
very 很 hěn	able 會 huì

play guitar 彈吉他 tán jí-tā
play 彈 tán	guitar 吉他 jí-tā

play violin 拉小提琴 lā xiǎo-tí-qín
play 拉 lā	violin 小提琴 xiǎo-tí-qín

play string instrument with bow 拉 lā

violin 小提琴 xiǎo-tí-qín
little 小 xiǎo	violin, viola, cello 提琴 tí-qín

He is learning how to play the violin. 他正在學習拉小提琴 Tā zhèng-zài xué-xí lā xiǎo-tí-qín
he 他 tā	in process of 正在 zhèng-zài		learn 學習 xué-xí		play violin 拉小提琴 lā xiǎo-tí-qín

he 他 tā

in process of 正在 zhèng-zài
right 正 zhèng	in process of 在 zài

learn 學習 xué-xí
learn 學 xué	practice 習 xí

play violin 拉小提琴 lā xiǎo-tí-qín
play 拉 lā	violin 小提琴 xiǎo-tí-qín

play the flute 吹笛子 chuī dí-zi
play 吹 chuī	flute 笛子 dí-zi

play wind instrument 吹 chuī

flute 笛子 dí-zi
flute 笛 dí	suffix 子 zi

She is practicing playing the flute. 她正在練習吹笛子 Tā zhèng-zài liàn-xí chuī dí-zi
she 她 tā	in process of 正在 zhèng-zài		practice 練習 liàn-xí		play the flute 吹笛子 chuī dí-zi

she 她 tā

in process of 正在 zhèng-zài
right 正 zhèng	in process of 在 zài

practice 練習 liàn-xí
practice 練 liàn	practice 習 xí

play the flute 吹笛子 chuī dí-zi
play 吹 chuī	flute 笛子 dí-zi

practice with video