sheng
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sheng (plural shengs)
- A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
Translations edit
Chinese wind instrument
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See also edit
- sheng nu (also derived from Chinese, though not necessarily related)
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
sheng m (plural shengs)
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
sheng
- Nonstandard spelling of shēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of shéng.
- Nonstandard spelling of shěng.
- Nonstandard spelling of shèng.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Swahili edit
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Noun edit
sheng (n class, plural sheng)
- (Sheng) Alternative letter-case form of Sheng