萨克斯管

薩克斯管
sàkèsīguǎn
noun #31,391

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 saxophone
  2. 2 sax

Examples

HSK 4
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xuéxí chuī sàkèsīguǎn.
He has been learning to play the saxophone since childhood.
HSK 7-9
Juéshìyuè lǐ shǎobuliǎo sàkèsīguǎn.
Saxophones are indispensable in jazz music.

Tips

memory
萨克斯 is a phonetic transliteration of 'sax' (after Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax, 1814-1894), and ('pipe/tube') marks it as a wind instrument. In casual speech, people often shorten it to just 萨克斯.
culture
The instrument was invented around 1840 by Adolphe Sax - Chinese keeps his name (萨克斯) and adds to classify it as a tube-shaped wind instrument, the same way 长笛 'flute' uses (flute).

Stroke Order

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