Chinese musical Instruments

* Guqin (Chinese: 古琴; pinyin: gǔqín) - 7-stringed zither
* Se (Chinese: 瑟; pinyin: sè) - 25-stringed zither with moveable bridges (ancient sources say 13, 25 or 50 strings)
* Guzheng (古箏) - 16-26 stringed zither with movable bridges
* Konghou (箜篌) - harp
* Pipa (琵琶) - pear-shaped fretted lute with 4 or 5 strings
* Sanxian (三弦) - plucked lute with body covered with snakeskin and long fretless neck
* Ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: ruǎn) - moon-shaped lute in five sizes: gaoyin-, xiao-, zhong-, da-, and diyin-; sometimes called ruanqin (阮琴)
* Liuqin (柳琴) - small plucked, fretted lute with a pear-shaped body and four strings
* Yueqin (月琴) - plucked lute with a wooden body, a short fretted neck, and four strings tuned in pairs
* Qinqin (秦琴) - plucked lute with a wooden body and fretted neck; also called meihuaqin (梅花琴, literally "plum blossom instrument," on account of its flower-shaped body)
* Duxianqin (simplified Chinese: 独弦琴; traditional Chinese: 獨弦琴) - plucked zither with only one string