弹     tán     to pluck a string / to play

听 listen:

水平 Level: 初等 Beginning (HSK 2)

例子 examples:

1. 独坐幽篁里，弹琴复长啸。
   Dú zuò yōu huáng lǐ, tán qín fù zhàng xiào.
   Sitting alone in the thickset bamboo grove, I plucked the heptachord to halloo and croon.
   听 (listen):
   Source: Wang Wei (701 - 761 AD)， Bamboo Grove Cabin
2. 她正弹着小提琴。
   Tā zhèng tán zhe xiǎotíqín.
   She is playing violin.

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