bianzhong

English

A bianzhong from the Spring and Autumn period.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 編鐘 / 编钟 (biānzhōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ænˈd͡ʒɔŋ/, /ˈbi.ɛn-/, /-ˈd͡ʒʊŋ/

Noun

bianzhong (plural bianzhong)

1. (music) A set of bronze bells played to provide melody, of ancient Chinese origin.
   • 2014 February 20, Hsiang-yi Tang, “The sound of kings”, in Taipei Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 September 2020, Features, page 12‎^[2]:

     The bianzhong (編鐘) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of 65 chime bells. Because it was only used for performances at the imperial court, it came to be known as the “instrument of kings” (王者之器).

Translations

bells

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編鐘 / 编钟 (zh) (biānzhōng)

• Japanese: 編鐘 (へんしょう, henshō)
• Korean: 편종(編鐘) (pyeonjong)
• Vietnamese: biên chung (vi)