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

• (chiefly Taiwan) 南胡 (nánhú)
• (Min Nan) 弦仔 (hiân-á)

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

二胡(にこ) • (niko) 

1. erhu

See also

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