Etymology

yüeh-ch'in

Mandarin 月琴
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from月琴
  2. English todayyüeh-ch'in

The Wade romanization of Mandarin 月琴 (yuèqín, literally “moon(-shaped) stringed instrument”).

Words from the same roots

Mandarin月琴 all →

yueqin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.