"Fiddle" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 小提琴 | xiǎo tí qín | fiddle / violin |  |
| 摆弄 | bǎi nòng | to move back and forth / to fiddle with |  |
| 二胡 | èr hú | erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle) / alto fiddle / CL:把[ba3] | |
| 乱动 | luàn dòng | to fiddle with / to tamper with / to meddle with / to move randomly / to flail about | |
| 拨弄 | bō nòng | to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up | |
| 把玩 | bǎ wán | to turn around in one's hands / to play with / to fiddle with | |
| 甘拜下风 | gān bài xià fēng | to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle | |
| 捣鼓 | dǎo gu | to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth | |
| 搬弄 | bān nòng | to fiddle with / to play and move sth about / to show off (what one can do) / to parade (one's capabilities) / to cause trouble | |
| 唱双簧 | chàng shuāng huáng | lit. to sing a duet / fig. to collaborate with sb / also used satirically: to play second fiddle to | |
| 拈 |  niān | to nip / to grasp with the fingers / to fiddle with / Taiwan pr. [nian2] | |
| 打下手 | dǎ xià shǒu | to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle | |
| 京二胡 | jīng èr hú | jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 / and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京胡 | |
| 把弄 | bǎ nòng | to play with / to fiddle with | |
