板胡

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Contents 1 Mandarin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Usage notes 1.4 External links

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

板胡

[edit] Etymology

• 板 ("wooden board," referring to the wooden face of the instrument's body) + 胡 (short for huqin, a family of Chinese bowed lutes)

[edit] Noun

板胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bǎnhú)

1. banhu (a bowed string instrument with two strings and a coconut shell body)

[edit] Usage notes

• The instrument is used primarily in the traditional music of northern and northeastern China

[edit] External links

• Google hits: .cn
• Google hits: .tw