大胡

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	barbarian; recklessly; surname
trad. (大胡)		大	胡
simp. #(大胡)		大	胡
anagram		胡大

Etymology

大 (“large”) +‎ 胡 (hú, short for 胡琴 (húqín))

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàhú
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hu²
    • Yale: dà-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahhwu
    • Palladius: даху (daxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xu³⁵/

Noun

大胡

1. dahu (larger version of the erhu, generally pitched one octave lower)

See also

• 低胡 (dīhú)
• 二胡 (èrhú)