梆子

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Mandarin[edit]

simpl. and trad.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wikipedia-logo.png 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.