胡笳

胡笳

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	whistle made of reed
trad. (胡笳)		胡	笳
simp. #(胡笳)		胡	笳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hújiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hújiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hújia
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-chia¹
    • Yale: hú-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwujia
    • Palladius: хуцзя (xuczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: wùh gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

胡笳

1. (archaic) a kind of reed pipe adopted by the Chinese from nomadic peoples of Central Asia in ancient times and used in military music

Derived terms

胡笳十八拍 (hújiā shíbā pāi)