葫蘆笙

See also: 葫芦笙

Chinese

		bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water	(mus. instr.)
trad. (葫蘆笙)		葫蘆	笙
simp. (葫芦笙)		葫芦	笙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húlúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húlúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húlúsheng
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-lu²-shêng¹
    • Yale: hú-lú-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwulusheng
    • Palladius: хулушэн (xulušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lu³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

葫蘆笙

1. (music) hulusheng, a free-reed wind instrument similar to the sheng, consisting of multiple bamboo pipes of various lengths inserted into a wind chest made from a dried gourd; most commonly found in the Yunnan province of southwest China where it is used primarily by members of several ethnic minorities