工 具 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) 仪 器 yí qì instrument / apparatus / CL:臺|台[tai2] 器 械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies 音 箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box 演 奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument 乐 器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] 喇 叭 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc) / loudspeaker / brass wind instrument / trumpet / suona 鎖吶|锁呐[suo3 na4] 票 据 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt 大 关 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 咪 咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) 弹 奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) 弹 琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument 高 亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) 铜 管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 提 琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 光 学 仪 器 guāng xué yí qì optical instrument 金 融 工 具 jīn róng gōng jù financial instrument 刑 具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument 打 击 乐 器 dǎ jī yuè qì percussion instrument 八 音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 批 准 书 pī zhǔn shū instrument of ratification 琴 师 qín shī player of a stringed instrument 芦 笙 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument 弦 乐 器 xián yuè qì string instrument 监 测 仪 器 monitoring instrument 管 乐 器 guǎn yuè qì wind instrument / woodwind 双 簧 管 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) 巴 乌 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan 吹 号 chuī hào to blow a brass instrument 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) 板 胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 弹 拨 乐 器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4] 吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through 弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] 箫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes 竽 yú free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China 磬 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone 埙 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 檠 qíng instrument for straightening bows 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 镵 chán sharp instrument for digging 鑱 chán sharp instrument for digging 键 盘 乐 器 jiàn pán yuè qì keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc) 木 管 乐 器 mù guǎn yuè qì woodwind instrument 鱼 鼓 yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) 百 叶 箱 bǎi yè xiāng Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments) / thermometer screen / instrument shelter 拨 弦 乐 器 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument 嘂 jiào old variant of 叫[jiao4] / ancient musical instrument similar to ocarina 斠 jiào (old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel / to proofread / to collate 敔 yǔ percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick 柷 zhù percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick 三 用 表 sān yòng biǎo instrument console (diving) 信 用 证 券 xìn yòng zhèng quàn instrument of credit / letter of credit / see also 信用證|信用证[xin4 yong4 zheng4] / CL:張|张[zhang1] 债 务 证 书 zhài wù zhèng shū debt instrument 唤 头 huàn tou percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention 弦 鸣 乐 器 xián míng yuè qì string instrument 排 笙 pái shēng reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard 击 弦 类 乐 器 jī xián lèi yuè qì hammered string musical instrument 击 缶 jí fǒu to beat time with a percussion instrument made of pottery 桁 杨 háng yáng lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument 桁 杨 刀 锯 háng yáng dāo jù lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument 渔 鼓 yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) 琴 手 qín shǒu player of a stringed instrument 笙 箫 shēng xiāo reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute 箜 簧 kōng huáng old reed wind instrument / (possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 / harp or 笙簧 / sheng) 簧 舌 huáng shé the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument 编 磬 biān qìng musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone 胡 笙 hú shēng pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West 觱 栗 bì lì ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna) 觱 篥 bì lì ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna) 重 弹 chóng tán to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again 响 器 xiǎng qì percussion instrument 仪 表 着 陆 系 统 yí biǎo zhuó lù xì tǒng instrument landing system 三 味 线 sān wèi xiàn shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument 仪 器 校 准 instrument calibration / calibration 人 权 文 书 rén quán wén shū human rights instrument 仪 器 故 障 yí qì gù zhàng instrument malfunction 军 事 支 出 国 际 标 准 汇 报 表 jūn shì zhī chū guó jì biāo zhǔn huì bào biǎo instrument for standardized international reporting of military expenditures 避 险 工 具 bì xiǎn gōng jù hedge instrument (banking, financial, monetary) 电 话 器 材 diàn huà qì cái telephone instrument 仪 表 定 位 系 统 yí biǎo dìng wèi xì tǒng Instrument Pointing System 焦 平 面 仪 器 jiāo píng miàn yí qì focal plane instrument 欧 洲 民 主 与 人 权 工 具 European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights 布 鲁 尔 -马 斯 特 电 化 学 探 测 仪 Mast-Brewer electrochemical sonde / Brewer-Mast electrochemical sonde / Mast ozone meter / Brewer instrument 关 于 所 有 类 型 森 林 的 无 法 律 约 束 力 文 书 non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests 政 策 支 持 工 具 zhèng cè zhī chí gōng jù Policy Support Instrument 流 通 票 据 liú tòng piào jù negotiable instrument 不 具 约 束 力 的 文 书 non-binding instrument 联 合 国 军 事 支 出 标 准 汇 报 制 度 lián hé guó jūn shì zhī chū biāo zhǔn huì bào zhì duó United Nations System for the Standardized Reporting of Military Expenditures / standardized instrument for reporting military expenditures 军 事 支 出 标 准 汇 报 表 jūn shì zhī chū biāo zhǔn huì bào biǎo United Nations System for the Standardized Reporting of Military Expenditures / standardized instrument for reporting military expenditures 学 校 促 进 和 平 世 界 协 会 World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace 中 子 探 测 和 测 量 仪 neutron detection and measuring instrument 改 组 后 全 球 环 境 基 金 通 则 gǎi zǔ hòu quán qiú huán jìng jī jīn tòng zé Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility 关 于 森 林 问 题 的 文 书 forest legal instrument 灵 活 机 制 líng huó jī zhì flexible instrument / flexible mechanism 多 布 森 分 光 计 Dobson (total) (ozone) spectrophotometer / Dobson meter, Dobson instrument 稳 定 工 具 Instrument for Stability 市 场 手 段 market-based instrument