different between qis vs qin

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?z, IPA^(key): /t??i?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z
• Homophone: cheese

Noun

qis

1. plural of qi
   • 1999, William Theodore De Bary, Irene Bloom, Wing-tsit Chan, Joseph Adler, Sources of Chinese tradition

     All beings support the yin and embrace the yang; And through the blending of qis they create harmony.

Anagrams

• IQs

Albanian

Etymology

Alternative form of Albanian qit. From Proto-Albanian *kitja, derived from an adjective in -to, *kita, related to Greek ??? (kío, “to go, to move”), Latin ci?? (“to move, set in motion”).

Verb

qis (qit) (first-person singular past tense qita, participle qitur)

1. (active, transitive) I pull out, bring forward

Further reading

• [1] active verb qit (or. qis) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (qín).

Pronunciation

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Noun

qin (plural qins)

1. (music) Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.
   • 1989, Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs

     ... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The guqin was also a means of expressing love.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Mandarin

Romanization

qin

1. Nonstandard spelling of q?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of qín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of q?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of qìn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.