琵琶
琵琶
pí pa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
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- pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
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Related Words
中阮(zhōng ruǎn)— zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
→大阮(dà ruǎn)— daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range
→柳琴(liǔ qín)— liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin
→琵(pí)— see 琵琶, pipa lute
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