荸薺鼓

See also: 荸荠鼓

Chinese

		Chinese water chestnut	convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
trad. (荸薺鼓)		荸薺	鼓
simp. (荸荠鼓)		荸荠	鼓

Etymology

荸薺 (water chestnut) + 鼓 (drum), so called because it looks like a water chestnut with its top and bottom cut off

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bíqígǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bíqígǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bícígǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pi²-chʻi²-ku³
    • Yale: bí-chí-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byichyiguu
    • Palladius: бицигу (bicigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

荸薺鼓

1. A small, shallow double-headed drum with a high pitch, played with a single stick held by the right hand, usually in conjunction with a paiban held in the left hand; formerly used in traditional musics of the Jiangnan region

Synonyms

• 點鼓／点鼓 (diǎngǔ)
• 懷鼓／怀鼓