琴棋书画 qínqíshūhuà the four scholar arts Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 琴 qín guqin The 古琴 gǔqín, a traditional Chinese seven-stringed zither; also called a 七弦琴 qīxiánqín.棋 qí nounverb chess chess or any board game involving pieces; a game of chess书 書 shū art of writing (literary) the art of writing or calligraphy as one of the Six Arts 六艺 liùyì画 畫 huà noun picture picture; painting; drawing; image