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琴 (kam4) — previous (day, night, etc.) in Cantonese

kamˎ₄琴
Mandarin Pinyin: qin2

Meaning of 琴

nounprevious (day, night, etc.)
nouna musical instrument, especially stringed, as the piano, violin
nouna Chinese family name
nounqin, a Chinese fretted instrument with five or seven strings somewhat similar to a zither
noun(music instrument) Piano

Example Sentences with 琴

琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！
The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)!
琴日都好地地嘅，今日就發燒囉。
It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today.
今日冇堂上，因為琴日上咗堂。
There is no class today, because we had one yesterday.
我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck.
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay.
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Words Containing 琴

琴師kam4 si1
player of a stringed instrument
七絃琴cat1 jin4 kam4
heptachord, qin (musical instrument), 7-stringed zither
單絃琴daan1 jin4 kam4
monochord
三角琴saam1 gok3 kam4
a grand piano; a trigon
煮鶴焚琴zyu2 hok6 fan4 kam4
burn down the musical instrument to cook the crane
琴瑟kam4 sat1
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony
鐵琴tit3 kam4
a glockenspiel
打鋼琴daa2 gong3 kam4
to play the piano (彈鋼琴 is far more commonly used)
琴晚kam4 maan5
yesterday night; last night; the previous night; last evening yesterday evening; the previous evening [Var.] 噙晚 , 尋晚 , 噚晚 |[華]: 昨晚
笛琴dek6 kam4
melodica
大提琴家daai6 tai4 kam4 gaa1
cellist
練琴lin6 kam4
to practise playing piano

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