口笛

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Noun 2 Mandarin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.3 References 2.4 External links

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	笛

[edit] Noun

口笛 (hiragana くちぶえ, romaji kuchibue)

1. mouth whistle, mouth whistling

• 口笛を吹いている彼は、機嫌が良さそうだ。

  くちぶえをふいているかれは, きげんがよさそうだ。

  Kuchibue o fuiteiru kare wa, kigen ga yosasōda.

  That man, whilsing his mouth, seems to be happy.

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

口笛

[edit] Etymology

• 口 ("mouth") 笛 (transverse bamboo flute)

[edit] Noun

口笛 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kǒudí)

1. a very small Chinese flute made from bamboo

[edit] References

• "口笛 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2007-11-27.

[edit] External links

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• Google hits: .tw