sheng
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 笙 (shēng).
Pronunciation
Noun
sheng (plural shengs)
- A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
Translations
Chinese wind instrument
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Anagrams
French
Noun
sheng m (plural shengs)
Mandarin
Romanization
sheng
- Nonstandard spelling of shēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of shéng.
- Nonstandard spelling of shěng.
- Nonstandard spelling of shèng.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Swahili
Noun
sheng (n class, plural sheng)
- (Sheng) Alternative letter-case form of Sheng