| 琴 | qín | guqin or zither, cf 古琴; musical instrument in general |
| 钢琴 | gāng qín | piano; CL:架,台 |
| 伦琴 | lún qín | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen or Roentgen (1845-1923) |
| 风琴 | fēng qín | pipe organ (musical instrument) |
| 小提琴 | xiǎo tí qín | fiddle; violin |
| 手风琴 | shǒu fēng qín | accordion |
| 胡琴 | hú qin | huqin; family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring |
| 琴键 | qín jiàn | a piano key |
| 提琴 | tí qín | violin family; CL:把 |
| 伦琴射线 | lún qín shè xiàn | X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray |
| 弹琴 | tán qín | to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument |
| 月琴 | yuè qín | yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box |
| 口琴 | kǒu qín | harmonica |
| 柳琴 | liǔ qín | liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin |
| 七弦琴 | qī xián qín | guqin or seven-stringed zither |
| 中提琴 | zhōng tí qín | viola |
| 乱弹琴 | luàn tán qín | to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool |
| 伽倻琴 | jiā yē qín | kayagum; Korean 12-stringed zither |
| 低音大提琴 | dī yīn dà tí qín | double bass; contrabass |
| 低音提琴 | dī yīn tí qín | double bass; contrabass |
| 古琴 | gǔ qín | guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum; the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman) |
| 大提琴 | dà tí qín | cello; violoncello; CL:把 |
| 大提琴手 | dà tí qín shǒu | cellist |
| 大钢琴 | dà gāng qín | grand piano |
| 大键琴 | dà jiàn qín | a harpsichord |
| 天琴座 | Tiān qín zuò | Lyra (constellation) |
| 天琴星座 | tiān qín xīng zuò | Lyra, constellation containing Vega 织女星[Zhi1 nu:3 xing1] |
| 对牛弹琴 | duì niú tán qín | to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to a unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head |
| 小提琴手 | xiǎo tí qín shǒu | violinist; fiddler |
| 尤克里里琴 | yóu kè lǐ lǐ qín | ukulele; traditional form also written 烏克麗麗 |
| 爱琴 | Ài qín | Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey) |
| 爱琴海 | Ài qín hǎi | Aegean sea |
| 扇面琴 | shān miàn qín | same as yangqin 扬琴, dulcimer |
| 手摇风琴 | shǒu yáo fēng qín | hand organ; hurdy-gurdy |
| 扬琴 | yáng qín | yangqin; dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) |
| 抚琴 | fǔ qín | to play the zither; classical variant of 弹琴 |
| 木琴 | mù qín | xylophone |
| 洋琴 | yáng qín | same as 扬琴, dulcimer |
| 焚琴煮鹤 | fén qín zhǔ hè | lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things |
| 班卓琴 | bān zhuó qín | banjo (loanword) |
| 琴剑飘零 | qín jiàn piāo líng | floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position |
| 琴师 | qín shī | player of a stringed instrument |
| 琴弦 | qín xián | a string (of stringed instrument) |
| 琴手 | qín shǒu | player of a stringed instrument |
| 琴斯托霍瓦 | Qín sī tuō huò wǎ | Częstochowa (city in Poland) |
| 琴书 | qín shū | traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment |
| 琴棋书画 | qín qí shū huà | Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) |
| 琴瑟 | qín sè | qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony |
| 琴瑟不调 | qín sè bù tiáo | out of tune; marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony |
| 琴瑟和鸣 | qín sè hé míng | in perfect harmony; in sync; lit. qin and se sing in harmony |
