Chinese symbol for “pickup”
拾音器
shí yīn qì
pickup (electro-acoustic transducer)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pickup is 拾音器 (shí yīn qì), defined as: pickup (electro-acoustic transducer).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pickup”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唱头 (唱頭) | chàng tóu | pickup (cartridge assembly of a vinyl record player) |
| 电唱头 (電唱頭) | diàn chàng tóu | pickup (of a record player) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拾音器.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收拾 | shōu shi | to put in order; to tidy up |
| 重拾 | chóng shí | to pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence) |
| 不可收拾 | bù kě shōu shi | (idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless |
| 拾荒 | shí huāng | to glean; to collect scraps |
| 拾遗 (拾遺) | shí yí | to pocket a lost article; (fig.) to correct others' errors |
| 捡拾 (撿拾) | jiǎn shí | to pick up; to gather |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 武器 | wǔ qì | weapon; arms |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pickup”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.