吉他

jítā

noun HSK 7 #3,100

Measure Word

一把吉他 bǎ

Meanings

1 guitar

Characters

lucky; auspicious (phonetic)

he; other (phonetic)

Examples

他每天练习弹吉他。

Tā měitiān liànxí tán jítā.

He practices playing guitar every day.

我想买一把电吉他。

Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī bǎ diàn jítā.

I want to buy an electric guitar.

Tips

memory

吉他 is a phonetic transliteration of "guitar": 吉 (jí) + 他 (tā) ≈ gi-tar. The characters have no semantic connection to the instrument.

Stroke Order

吉 jí

他 tā