板胡
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Mandarin [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
- 板 ("wooden board," referring to the wooden face of the instrument's body) + 胡 (short for huqin, a family of Chinese bowed lutes)
Noun [edit]
板胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bǎnhú)
- banhu (a bowed string instrument with two strings and a coconut shell body)
Usage notes [edit]
- The instrument is used primarily in the traditional music of northern and northeastern China
