HSK 5 · Media

乐器 yuèqì “musical instrument” in Chinese

Traditional 樂器

What 乐器 means

  1. musical instrument

Measure word 件 jiàn · 一件乐器 yí jiàn yuèqì

How to say 乐器

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale乐yuè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale器qì4th tone, falling

乐器 in a sentence

  1. 我最喜欢的乐器是电吉他。

    Wǒ zuì xǐhuan de yuèqì shì diànjítā.

    My favourite musical instrument is the electric guitar.

    Sentence #9955399 from Tatoeba

  2. 你会乐器吗？

    Nǐ huì yuèqì ma?

    Can you play any musical instruments?

    Sentence #817455 from Tatoeba

  3. 钢琴是和弦乐器，笛子是单音乐器。

    Gāngqín shì héxián yuèqì, dízi shì dānyīn yuèqì.

    The piano is a chord instrument, while the flute is a monophonic instrument.

    Sentence #13921101 from Tatoeba

How 乐器 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 乐 (yuè) drawn as one shape
乐yuèmusic

乐 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidTraditionally explained as 樂, a musical instrument on a wooden stand 木: music, and the joy it brings.

The character 器 (qì) with each of its parts in a different colour
器qìdevice
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 犬dog · quǎn
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 乐器

乐 5 strokes · 器 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 乐器

Words with 乐

快乐kuàilè · happy音乐yīnyuè · music娱乐yúlè · to entertain乐观lèguān · optimistic俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)欢乐huānlè · joy乐趣lèqù · delight乐意lèyì · willing乐谱yuèpǔ · sheet music天伦之乐tiānlúnzhīlè · family happiness

Words with 器

机器jīqì · machine充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger器官qìguān · organ (of the body)仪器yíqì · instrument器材qìcái · equipment容器róngqì · container武器wǔqì · weapon

More words: Media & Arts

诗shī · poem文学wénxué · literature戏剧xìjù · drama印刷yìnshuā · to print展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display字幕zìmù · caption作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)版本bǎnběn · version

FAQs

乐器 (yuèqì) means “musical instrument”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yuèqì: yuè with a 4th tone, then qì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 乐器 is written 樂器. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 件 (jiàn). For example, one musical instrument is 一件乐器 (yí jiàn yuèqì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yueqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 乐器 from the suggestions. Typing yueqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
乐器 is an HSK 5 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.