二胡

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrhú

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ wu^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): jī-ô͘ / lī-ô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èrhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellhwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ wu^4-2
  - Yale: yih wú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ wu^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ wu²
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²² wuː²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ô͘
  - Tâi-lô: jī-ôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixoo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ ɔ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ô͘
  - Tâi-lô: lī-ôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ ɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² ɔ²⁴/

Noun

二胡

erhu (bowed string instrument with two strings, used in traditional and classical Chinese music) (Classifier: 把)

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 南胡 (nánhú)
(Min Nan) 絃仔 (hiân-á), 吊鬼仔 (tiàu-kúi-á)

Derived terms

京二胡 (jīng'èrhú)

See also

古琴 (gǔqín)
古箏／古筝 (gǔzhēng)

Japanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) にこ [níꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iko̞]

Noun

二胡 (hiragana にこ, rōmaji niko)

erhu

See also

胡 (こ)弓 (きゅう) (kokyū, “kokyū”, Japanese bowed string instrument)

References

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

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