筝
zhēng
Pinyin

Definition

筝
 - 
zhēng
  1. guzheng or long zither
  2. long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times
  3. Japanese koto

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

风筝
fēng zhēng
  1. 1 kite
古筝
gǔ zhēng
  1. 1 zither or guzheng
  2. 2 large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] during Tang and Song times
筝
zhēng
  1. 1 guzheng or long zither
  2. 2 long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times
  3. 3 Japanese koto

Idioms (1)

断线风筝
duàn xiàn fēng zhēng
  1. 1 a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall

Sample Sentences

看你高兴的。不过，今天风不大不小，很适合放风筝。
kàn nǐ gāoxìng de 。bùguò ，jīntiān fēng bù dà bù xiǎo ，hěn shìhé fàng fēngzheng 。
I can see you're really happy. In fact, today the wind is just right. It's really good for flying a kite.
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春天到了，放风筝咯！
chūntiān dào le ，fàng fēngzheng lo ！
Spring is here. Let's go fly a kite!
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好！这样吧，你在后面拿风筝，我去前面拉线。
hǎo ！zhèyàng ba ，nǐ zài hòumian ná fēngzheng ，wǒ qù qiánmian lā xiàn 。
OK. How about this, you hold the kite back here, and I'll go up front and pull the string.
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然后我说放，你就放开风筝。
ránhòu wǒ shuō fàng ，nǐ jiù fàngkāi fēngzheng 。
After that, I'll say 'let go', and you let go of the kite.
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哎，掉下来了，风筝掉下来了！
āi ，diào xiàlái le ，fēngzheng diào xiàlái le ！
Oh no, it fell down. The kite fell down!
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耶！成功了！风筝飞起来了。
yē ！chénggōng le ！fēngzheng fēi qǐlái le 。
All right! Success! The kite is in the air.
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不会。但是我会弹古筝。
bùhuì 。dànshì wǒ huì tán gǔzhēng 。
No. But I can play the guzheng.
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