梆子

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
梆子

Noun

梆子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bāngzi)

1. a watchman's clapper
2. (music) wooden clappers; a small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Chinese folk music and opera
3. one of a number of varieties of traditional folk opera performed in northern China, using the bangzi as an accompanying instrument

Derived terms

• 梆子腔
• 河北梆子
• 南梆子

References

• wood block on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:wood block
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "梆子" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-06-16.