洞簫

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See also: 洞箫

Chinese

		cave; hole	(flute); pan pipes; xiao ‑ a vertical bamboo flute
trad. (洞簫)		洞	簫
simp. (洞箫)		洞	箫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngxiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ siu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōng-siau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngxiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngsiao
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-hsiao¹
  - Yale: dùng-syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshiau
  - Palladius: дунсяо (dunsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ siu¹
  - Yale: duhng sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ xiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² siːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-siau
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-siau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxngsiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² siau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siau⁴⁴/

Noun

洞簫

(music) xiao (a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in traditional and classical Chinese music)
(Southern Min, figurative) opium pipe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 簫 (“vertical flute”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		簫, 洞簫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	簫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	簫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	簫
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	簫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	簫
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	簫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	簫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	簫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簫
	Hong Kong	簫
	Yangjiang	簫
Gan	Nanchang	簫
Hakka	Meixian	簫仔
Jin	Taiyuan	簫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簫, 直簫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簫
Southern Min	Xiamen	簫, 洞簫
Southern Min	Chaozhou	簫
Wu	Suzhou	簫
Wu	Wenzhou	簫
Xiang	Changsha	簫
Xiang	Shuangfeng	簫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洞	簫
どう Grade: S	しょう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 洞簫 / 洞箫 (dòngxiāo, literally “hole + xiao (Chinese flute)”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーしょー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

洞(どう)簫(しょう) • (dōshō) ^{←どうせう (douseu)^?}

xiao, vertical end-blown Chinese flute

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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