yunluo

See also: yúnluó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 雲鑼／云锣 (yúnluó, literally “cloud gongs”).

Noun

yunluo (plural yunluos or yunluo)

1. A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of a set of tuned flat gongs in a frame, which are played with a stick; (sometimes) an individual gong, as a part of this instrument.
   • 1998, China & World Cultural Exchange:

     There are two kinds of yunluo music popular among the people, one is "parade music" played on the streets and during temple fairs; the other is "chamber music" played inside houses. Usually, two sets of yunluos are used in playing […]

   • 2010, Robert André LaFleur, China, →ISBN, page 292:

     In ensembles, a set of tuned gongs called yunluo (literally “cloud gong”) may be heard; these are small gongs several inches in diameter, and ten yunluo are hung on a single wooden rack.

Translations

Chinese musical instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雲鑼／云锣 (zh) (yúnluó)

• Japanese: 雲鑼 (うんら, unra)