二胡

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

Pronunciation

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
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 二胡, 南胡
Mandarin Taiwan 南胡, 二胡
Yantai (Muping) 二胡兒
Luoyang 二胡兒
Xi'an 二胡兒
Yinchuan 胡胡子
Guiyang 二胡
Singapore 二胡
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 胡琴
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 二胡子
Cantonese Guangzhou 二胡, 二弦
Hong Kong 二胡
Taishan 二胡
Gan Nanchang 二胡
Lichuan 二胡
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 二弦
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 二弦
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 二弦
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 二弦
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 二弦
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 二弦
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

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Japanese

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

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Pronunciation

Noun

二(に)胡(こ) • (niko) 

  1. erhu

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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