四胡
Chinese
editfour | barbarian; recklessly; surname | ||
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trad. (四胡) | 四 | 胡 | |
simp. #(四胡) | 四 | 胡 |
Etymology
edit四 (sì, “four”) + 胡 (hú, “fiddle”, short for 胡琴 (húqín), a family of Chinese vertical fiddles), implying "four-stringed fiddle." During the Qing Dynasty the original official name of this instrument was tiqin (提琴) and the original vernacular name was sixian (四絃) before sihu was finally adopted in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄏㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìhhú
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-hu2
- Yale: sz̀-hú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhhwu
- Palladius: сыху (syxu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ xu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 wu4-2
- Yale: sei wú
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 wu4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 wu4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ wuː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit四胡
- sihu (a bowed string instrument with two pairs of strings used in Chinese folk music)
Synonyms
edit- (Jin) 四股子