阿烏

See also: 阿乌

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (阿烏)		阿	烏
simp. (阿乌)		阿	乌

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of the sound produced when the instrument is blown.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: awu
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-wu¹
    • Yale: ā-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
    • Palladius: ау (au)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ u⁵⁵/

Noun

阿烏

1. (music) an ocarina used by the Yi people of southwest China