二胡

Chinese

		two	vertical bowed lute; short for 胡琴
simp. and trad. (二胡)		二	胡
Literally: “two(-stringed) vertical bowed lute”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ wu^4-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'eo⁵ fu⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): nī-ǔ
• Min Nan (POJ): jī-ô͘ / lī-ô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: èrhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellhwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrhú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ wu^4-2
    • Yale: yih wú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ wu^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ wu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² wuː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'eo⁵ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈɵ¹¹ fu³⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-ǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ u²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ô͘
    • Tâi-lô: jī-ôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixoo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ ɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lī-ôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² ɔ²⁴/

Noun

二胡

1. erhu (bowed string instrument with two strings, used in traditional and classical Chinese music) (Classifier: 把)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 二胡 (“erhu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		二胡, 南胡
Mandarin	Taiwan	南胡
	Muping	二胡兒
	Luoyang	二胡兒
	Xi'an	二胡兒
	Yinchuan	胡胡子
	Guiyang	二胡
	Singapore	二胡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	二胡, 二弦
	Hong Kong	二胡
Gan	Nanchang	二胡
	Lichuan	二胡
Huizhou	Jixi	胡琴
Min Bei	Jian'ou	二胡
Min Nan	Xiamen	弦仔, 二胡
	Quanzhou	二胡
	Zhangzhou	弦仔, 二胡
Wu	Shanghai	胡琴

Derived terms

• 京二胡 (jīng'èrhú)

See also

• 古琴 (gǔqín)
• 古箏／古筝 (gǔzhēng)

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
二	胡
に Grade: 1	こ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Middle Chinese or Sinitic?”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) に​こ [níꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iko̞]

Noun

二(に)胡(こ) • (niko) 

1. erhu

See also

• 胡(こ)弓(きゅう) (kokyū, “kokyū”, Japanese bowed string instrument)