弹琴

彈琴
tánqín
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

CEDICT

  1. (music) to play certain musical instruments that can be described as 琴 (qín), such as some stringed instruments (guzheng, guqin, etc.), or a keyboard instrument (piano, electric piano, accordion, pipe organ, etc.)
  2. to play certain musical instruments that can be described as 琴 (qín), such as some stringed instruments (guzheng, guqin, etc.), or a keyboard instrument (piano, electric piano, accordion, pipe organ, etc.)

Wiktionary

用手指拨弄琴弦、键盘，发出乐音。

重編國語辭典

Examples

汤姆弹琴比我好

Tom plays the piano better than I do.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 弹 tán
  1. to pluck (a string)
  2. to play (a string instrument)
  3. to spring or leap
  4. to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  5. (of cotton) to fluff or tease
  6. to flick
  7. to flip
  8. to accuse
  9. to impeach
  10. elastic (of materials)
=2 琴 qín
  1. guqin 古琴 gǔqín (a type of zither)
  2. musical instrument in general
=2 琴 qín variant of 琴 qín, guqin or zither

Containing this entry

对牛弹琴 duìniútánqín
  1. lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. to cast pearls before swine
  4. caviar to the general
  5. to preach to deaf ears
  6. to talk over sb's head