胡琴
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Chinese
| non-Han peoples, particularly those in the north and west | qin; general name for certain instruments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (胡琴) | 胡 | 琴 | |
| simp. #(胡琴) | 胡 | 琴 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wu4 kam4
- Gan (Wiktionary): fu4 qin
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘-khîm
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6wu-jin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ → ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄑㄧㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: húci̊n
- Wade–Giles: hu2-chʻin5
- Yale: hú-chin
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.chyn
- Palladius: хуцинь (xucinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/ → /xu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu4 kam4
- Yale: wùh kàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu4 kam4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu4 kem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²¹ kʰɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: fu4 qin
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ t͡ɕʰin²/
- (Nanchang)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
胡琴
- huqin (any of a family of vertical bowed lutes used in Chinese music)
- (Wu, Huizhou, specifically) erhu
- (historical) a general term for foreign plucked string instruments of northern or northwestern origin
Synonyms
- (huqin):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 胡琴 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胡琴兒, 呼呼兒, 呼兒 |
| Taiwan | 胡琴 | |
| Harbin | 胡胡兒 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 胡兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 胡琴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胡胡 |
| Xi'an | 胡胡兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 胡胡子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 弦索 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 胡琴 |
| Lichuan | 胡琴 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 胡琴 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弦仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 弦仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 弦仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 弦 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 弦仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 弦子 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 胡胡, 葫蘆子 |
| Xinzhou | 胡胡 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弦仔 |
| Zhangzhou | 弦仔 | |
| Tainan | 弦仔 | |
| Haikou | 弦 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡琴 |
| Ningbo | 胡琴, 盧琴 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 胡琴子, 二弦 |
- (erhu):
Dialectal synonyms of 二胡 (“erhu”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 二胡, 南胡 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 南胡, 二胡 |
| Singapore | 二胡 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 二胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 二胡兒 |
| Xi'an | 二胡兒 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 胡琴 | |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 二胡子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 胡胡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 二胡 |
| 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 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 二胡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弦仔, 二胡 |
| Quanzhou | 二胡, 尿升 humorous | |
| Zhangzhou | 弦仔, 二胡 | |
| Zhao'an | 二弦, 胡弦 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡琴 |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 胡 | 琴 |
| こ Jinmeiyō |
きん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
Hyponym
References
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 胡 | 琴 |
Noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 胡 | 琴 |
Noun
胡琴