琵琶

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Modern pipa.

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[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Noun

琵琶 (hiragana びわ, romaji biwa)

  1. biwa (Japanese lute, a plucked, fretted pear-shaped lute with four or, more rarely, five strings).

[edit] Korean

[edit] Noun

琵琶 (비파, bipa)

  1. bipa, lute (a plucked, fretted pear-shaped lute with four or, more rarely, five strings).

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

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琵琶 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin pípa)

  1. (music) pipa (a plucked Chinese string instrument)

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[edit] Hanzi

琵琶 (POJ pî-pê/gî-pê)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Noun

琵琶 (tỳ bà)

  1. tỳ bà (also called đàn tỳ bà, or Vietnamese lute), a plucked, fretted pear-shaped lute with four strings.
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