椰胡

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Contents 1 Mandarin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 See also 1.4 References

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

椰胡

[edit] Etymology

椰 ("coconut") + 胡 (short for huqin, a family of Chinese bowed lutes)

[edit] Noun

椰胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yēhú)

1. a bowed string instrument with two strings and a coconut shell body; used primarily in the traditional music of southern China and Taiwan

[edit] See also

• (Vietnamese) đàn gáo

[edit] References

• yehu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:yehu
• "椰胡 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-02.
• (2007) Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin). Hong Kong: Commercial Press. ISBN 9789620702778.