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2024
高胡
高胡
Chinese
high; tall
what why how; foreign
simp.
and
trad.
(
高胡
)
高
胡
Noun
高胡
(
classifier
把
(
bǎ
))
gaohu
(
two-stringed vertical fiddle in the
huqin
family, used primarily in traditional Cantonese music as well as in the modern Chinese orchestra
)
Etymology
From
高
(
gāo
, “high (pitch)”) +
胡
(
hú
, “short for
胡琴
(
húqín
)”)
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
gāohú
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄍㄠ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
gou
1
wu
4
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
gāohú
Zhuyin
:
ㄍㄠ ㄏㄨˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
gauhwu
IPA
(key)
:
/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
gou
1
wu
4
Yale
:
g
ō
u wùh
Cantonese Pinyin
:
gou
1
wu
4
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kou̯
⁵⁵
wuː²¹/
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