梆子

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Contents 1 Mandarin 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.2 References

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

梆子

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

• 梆子腔

[edit] References

• wood block on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:wood block
• Wu, Jingrong (ed.) (1985). 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.