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

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 t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: wùh gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

胡笳

(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)