曲項琵琶

曲項琵琶

See also: 曲项琵琶

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	back of neck; item; thing	pipa
trad. (曲項琵琶)		曲	項	琵琶
simp. (曲项琵琶)		曲	项	琵琶
Literally: “bent-neck pipa”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūxiàng pípá

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ hong⁶ pei⁴ paa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qūxiàng pípá → qūxiàng pípa (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ → ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄆㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiushianq pyi.par
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/ → /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ pʰä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ hong⁶ pei⁴ paa⁴
    • Yale: kūk hohng pèih pàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ hong⁶ pei⁴ paa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ hong⁶ péi⁴ pa⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ hɔːŋ²² pʰei̯²¹ pʰäː²¹/

Noun

曲項琵琶

1. (music) an early form of pipa, popular during the Tang Dynasty, whose peg box is bent backwards at an angle