提てい琴きん

noun

tiqin; Chinese bowed string instrument

Refers specifically to the Chinese tiqin, a traditional 2- or 4-stringed instrument played with a bow. Rare in everyday Japanese; mostly encountered in historical or musical contexts.

• 中ちゅう国ごくの伝でん統とう楽がっ器きである提てい琴きんは、二に胡こに似にた擦さつ弦げん楽がっ器きだ。

  The tiqin, a traditional Chinese instrument, is a bowed string instrument similar to the erhu.

noun

violin

Archaic or literary term for violin; modern Japanese almost always uses バイオリン. May appear in older texts or poetic contexts.

See also: バイオリン

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、提てい琴きんという表ひょう記きでバイオリンを指さす例れいが見みられる。

  In Meiji-era documents, the word 提琴 can be found referring to the violin.