椰胡

椰胡

Chinese

		coconut	barbarian; recklessly; surname
simp. and trad. (椰胡)		椰	胡

Etymology

椰 ("coconut") + 胡 (short for huqin, a family of Chinese bowed lutes)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yēhú, yéhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ㄏㄨˊ, ㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yēhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iehwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yehú
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ xu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yéhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yéhú
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ xu³⁵/

Noun

椰胡

1. (music) a bowed string instrument with two strings and a coconut shell body; used primarily in the traditional music of southern China and Taiwan

See also

• (Vietnamese) đàn gáo