五絃琵琶

See also: 五弦琵琶

Chinese

		five	string of mus. instr.	pipa
trad. (五絃琵琶/五弦琵琶)		五	絃/弦	琵琶
simp. (五弦琵琶)		五	弦	琵琶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔxián pípá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jin⁴ pei⁴ paa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxián pípá → wǔxián pípa (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ → ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄆㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsián pípå
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hsien² pʻi²-pʻa⁵
    • Yale: wǔ-syán pí-pa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyan pyi.par
    • Palladius: усянь пипа (usjanʹ pipa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/ → /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ pʰi³⁵ pʰä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jin⁴ pei⁴ paa⁴
    • Yale: ńgh yìhn pèih pàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jin⁴ pei⁴ paa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yin⁴ péi⁴ pa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jiːn²¹ pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/

Noun

五絃琵琶

1. an obsolete form of pipa with five strings, which is believed to have come to China from non-Han regions to China's north