二胡

§Chinese

Wikipedia ^zh

		two; 2	(surname); beard; what why how
simp. and trad. (二胡)		二	胡

§Etymology

二／胡 ("two") The latter is short for 胡琴 ("a family of Chinese vertical fiddles"), implying "two-stringed fiddle".

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ wu^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): jī-ô· / lī-ô·

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: èrhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellhwu
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ wu^4-2
    • Yale: yih wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ wu^4-2
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²² wuː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ô· / lī-ô·
    • Tâi-lô: jī-ô· / lī-ô·
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑi³³⁻¹¹ ɔ·²³/, /li³³⁻¹¹ ɔ·²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ ɔ·¹³/, /li²²⁻²¹ ɔ·¹³/

§Noun

二胡

1. erhu; a bowed string instrument with two strings, used in traditional and classical Chinese music

§Synonyms

• (Min Nan) trad. 絃仔, simpl. 弦仔 (hiân-á)
• (Min Nan) 吊鬼仔 (tiàu-kúi-á)

§See also

• 京二胡
• 南胡

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§Japanese

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
二	胡
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

§Noun

二胡 (hiragana にこ, romaji niko)

1. an erhu