高胡

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Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Etymology [edit]

("high": as in high pitch) + (short for huqin)

Noun [edit]

高胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gāohú)

  1. a two-stringed vertical fiddle in the huqin family, used primarily in traditional Cantonese music as well as in the modern Chinese orchestra

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