板胡

Chinese

wooden board (i.e. wooden face of the instrument's body) huqin
trad. (板胡)
simp. #(板胡)

Pronunciation


Noun

板胡

  1. (music) banhu (a bowed string instrument with two strings and a coconut shell body with wooden soundboard)

Usage notes

  • The instrument is used primarily in the traditional music of northern and northeastern China.

Synonyms

  • 梆胡
  • 梆子胡
  • 胡呼
  • 呼胡 (hūhú)
  • 胡胡
  • 秦胡

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “板胡”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 13.