弦 (jin4) — (medicine) having rapid pulse in Cantonese

jinˎ₄弦

Mandarin Pinyin: xian2

Meaning of 弦

noun(medicine) having rapid pulse

nounspring of clocks and watches

noun(name of a state)

noun(math) chord, hypotenuse

nounfirst and last quarters of the moon

nounstring (of a bow)

keoiˏ₅佢daanˊ²彈ganˊ²緊sei˗₃四hinˎ₄絃kamˎ₄琴

He is playing the guitar.

gauˍ₆舊sei˗₃四hinˎ₄絃kamˎ₄琴houˊ²好gwai˗₃貴

The old guitar is very expensive.

ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想hokˍ₆學sei˗₃四hinˎ₄絃kamˎ₄琴

I want to learn the guitar.

baˊ²把sei˗₃四hinˎ₄絃kamˎ₄琴houˊ²好leng˗₃靚

That guitar is very beautiful.

sei˗₃四hinˎ₄絃kamˎ₄琴haiˍ₆係matˉ¹乜jeˏ₅嘢？

What is a guitar?

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