椰胡

Chinese

		coconut	barbarian; recklessly; surname
simp. and trad. (椰胡)		椰	胡

Etymology

椰 ("coconut") + 胡 (short for huqin, a family of Chinese bowed lutes)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yēhú, yéhú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝㄏㄨˊ, ㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yēhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝㄏㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iehwu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵⁵ xu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yéhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehwu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ³⁵ xu³⁵/

Noun

椰胡

(music) a bowed string instrument with two strings and a coconut shell body; used primarily in the traditional music of southern China and Taiwan

See also

(Vietnamese) đàn gáo

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