吉他

jítā

noun HSK 7-9 #3,100

Measure Word

一把吉他 bǎ

Meanings

1 guitar

Characters

lucky; auspicious (phonetic)

he; other (phonetic)

Examples

HSK 3

我想买一把电吉他。

Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī bǎ diàn jítā.

I want to buy an electric guitar.

HSK 5

他每天练习弹吉他。

Tā měitiān liànxí tán jítā.

He practices playing guitar every day.

Tips

memory

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

Stroke Order

吉 jí

他 tā