xylophone in Chinese
xylophone in Chinese is 木琴 — xylophone means a percussion instrument made of wooden bars of different lengths, played by striking them with small mallets.
xylophone in Chinese
木琴
Pronounced: mù qín
(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
What does "xylophone" mean?
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noun A percussion instrument made of wooden bars of different lengths, played by striking them with small mallets.
"The music teacher handed each child a mallet and let them try the xylophone."
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xylophone in a sentence
- The music teacher handed each child a mallet and let them try the xylophone.
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What is "xylophone" in Chinese?
"xylophone" in Chinese is 木琴. xylophone means: A percussion instrument made of wooden bars of different lengths, played by striking them with small mallets.
How do you pronounce 木琴?
"xylophone" in Chinese is 木琴, pronounced "mù qín".
How do you use "xylophone" in a sentence?
Example: "The music teacher handed each child a mallet and let them try the xylophone." In Chinese, "xylophone" is 木琴.
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