洞簫

洞簫

See also: 洞箫

Chinese

		cave; hole	(flute); pan pipes; xiao ‑ a vertical bamboo flute
trad. (洞簫)		洞	簫
simp. (洞箫)		洞	箫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ siu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tōng-siau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngsiao
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-hsiao¹
    • Yale: dùng-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshiau
    • Palladius: дунсяо (dunsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ siu¹
    • Yale: duhng sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-siau
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxngsiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɕiau⁴⁴/

Noun

洞簫

1. (music) xiao (a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in traditional and classical Chinese music)
2. (Min Nan, figurative) opium pipe

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
洞	簫
どう Grade: S	しょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 洞簫 (literally “hole + xiao (Chinese flute)”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) どーしょー [dòóshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

洞(どう)簫(しょう) • (dōshō) ^{←どうせう (douseu)?}

1. xiao (Chinese flute)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN