海笛

Chinese

		ocean; sea	flute
simp. and trad. (海笛)		海	笛

Etymology

From 海 ("sea") + 笛 (a transverse bamboo flute). The word is possibly derived from Arabic ghaita or rhaita (a folk oboe played primarily in North Africa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎidí

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎidí
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haedyi
  - IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti³⁵/

Noun

海笛

the smaller size of suona (a conical Chinese double reed woodwind instrument with a metal bell, in the oboe or shawm category)

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