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曲笛

曲笛

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	flute
simp. and trad. (曲笛)		曲	笛

Noun

曲笛

(music) A regional variant of dizi.

Synonyms

崑笛／昆笛 (kūndí)

Etymology

From the abbreviation of 崑曲／昆曲 (kūnqǔ, “Kunqu”) + 笛 (dí, “flute”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qǔdí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄉㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ****¹ dek⁶, ****¹ dek^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǔdí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄉㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheudyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ****¹ dek⁶, ****¹ dek^6-2
  - Yale: kūk dehk, kūk dék
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ****⁷ dek⁹, ****⁷ dek^9-2
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ tɛːk̚²/, /kʰʊk̚⁵ tɛːk̚²⁻³⁵/