HSK 4 · Verbs

弹钢琴 tángāngqín “to play the piano” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 弹钢琴 means

  1. to play the piano

How to say 弹钢琴

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale弹tán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale钢gāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale琴qín2nd tone, rising

弹钢琴 in a sentence

  1. 她会弹钢琴。

    Tā huì tángāngqín.

    She can play the piano.

    Sentence #405262 from Tatoeba

  2. 您能教我弹钢琴吗？

    Nín néng jiāo wǒ tángāngqín ma?

    Could you teach me to play the piano?

    Sentence #785827 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我妹妹每天都弹钢琴。

    Wǒ mèimei měitiān dōu tángāngqín.

    My younger sister plays the piano every day.

    Sentence #1132588 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 弹钢琴 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 弹 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
弹dàncrossball
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 单single · chánSound part

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 单 (chán) hints at the sound. Compare it with tán.

The character 钢 (gāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
钢gāngsteel
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 冈ridge or crest of hill · gāngSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 冈 (gāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with gāng.

The character 琴 (qín) with each of its parts in a different colour
琴qínguqin 古琴
  • 玨part of the character
  • 今modern · jīn

How to write 弹钢琴

弹 11 strokes · 钢 9 strokes · 琴 12 strokes

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弹钢琴 (tángāngqín) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 弹钢琴 (tángāngqín). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 弹钢琴

Words with 弹

导弹dǎodàn · guided missile弹性tánxìng · elasticity子弹zǐdàn · bullet

Words with 钢

钢铁gāngtiě · steel

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FAQs

弹钢琴 (tángāngqín) means “to play the piano”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tángāngqín: tán with a 2nd tone, then gāng with a 1st tone, then qín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 弹钢琴 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tangangqin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 弹钢琴 from the suggestions. Typing tangangqin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
弹钢琴 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.