笙
笙
shēng
free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd
Character Breakdown
Radical: 竹 (no. 118)
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- free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 笙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 排笙 | pái shēng | reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard | |
| 竹笙 | zhú shēng | bamboo fungus | |
| 笙歌 | shēng gē | music and song (formal writing) | |
| 笙管 | shēng guǎn | pipes of a panpipe | |
| 笙簧 | shēng huáng | reeds of a panpipe | |
| 笙箫 | shēng xiāo | reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute | |
| 胡笙 | hú shēng | pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West | |
| 芦笙 | lú shēng | reed-pipe wind instrument | |
| 杜月笙 | Dù Yuè shēng | Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist |
Related Words
竽(yú)— free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd (larger version of 笙[sheng1])
→排箫(pái xiāo)— xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
→吹竽手(chuī yú shǒu)— player of the yu 竽 (free reed mouth organ)
→箫(xiāo)— xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
→HSK & Exam Info
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