琵琶

Japanese

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
琵	琶

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)

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Korean

Hanja in this word
琵	琶

Noun

琵琶 (bipa, hangeul 비파)

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

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
琵琶

Noun

琵琶 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin pípa)

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

Derived terms

• 琵琶骨
• 洋琵琶

References

• 琵琶 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• pipa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:pipa
• "琵琶" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-12-05.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:

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Min Nan

Hanzi

琵琶 (POJ pî-pê/gî-pê)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
琵	琶

Noun

琵琶

1. Hán form of tỳ bà, "a plucked, fretted pear-shaped lute with four strings"