yüeh ch'inn.
/ˌjuː(eɪ) ˈtʃɪn/, /ˌjuː(eɪ) ˈkɪn/, U.S. /ˌju(eɪ) ˈtʃɪn/, /ˌju(eɪ) ˈkɪn/ A Chinese lute with four strings and a flat, circular body.
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1839 Chinese Repository 8 44 The pepa and yuĕ kin are of easy purchase.
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Yu-kin,..a Chinese lute or guitar with a large circular body, a short neck, and four strings.
1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) II. 239/2 Yüeh ch'in.., flat lute of four strings. Used..to accompany ballads. Now rare.
1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) lxxiii. 566 They may specialize in piano, violin, cello, flute, or one of the standard Chinese strings: p'i-p'a, yang-ch'in, yueh-ch'in, and others.
1971 J. R. Bernasconi Collectors' Gloss. 396 Yukin, a Chinese instrument with four strings played by plucking.
1975 C. P. Mackerras Chinese Theatre in Mod. Times 22 The other principal plucked instruments are the yüeh-ch'in and the san-hsien, both of which function as secondary accompanying instruments in many dramatic styles... The name san-hsien means ‘three strings’... It produces a characteristic twanging sound.
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