南胡

Chinese

		south	vertical bowed lute; short for 胡琴
trad. (南胡)		南	胡
simp. #(南胡)		南	胡
Literally: “southern vertical bowed lute”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naam⁴ wu⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nam³ vu^3*

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánhú
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-hu²
    • Yale: nán-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanhwu
    • Palladius: наньху (nanʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ wu⁴
    • Yale: nàahm wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ wuː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nam³ vu^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² vu²²⁻²²⁵/

Noun

南胡

1. (chiefly Taiwan) erhu

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 二胡 (“erhu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		二胡, 南胡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	南胡, 二胡
	Singapore	二胡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	二胡兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	二胡兒
	Xi'an	二胡兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胡琴
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	二胡子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	胡胡子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	二胡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	二胡, 二弦
	Hong Kong	二胡
	Taishan	二胡
Gan	Nanchang	二胡
	Lichuan	二胡
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	二弦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	二弦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	二弦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	二弦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	二弦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	二弦
Huizhou	Jixi	胡琴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	二胡
Southern Min	Xiamen	弦仔, 二胡
	Quanzhou	二胡, 尿升 humorous
	Zhangzhou	弦仔, 二胡
	Zhao'an	二弦, 胡弦
Wu	Shanghai	胡琴