fiddle; huqin; Chinese two-stringed bowed instrument
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fiddle; huqin (general term for Chinese two-stringed bowed instruments played with a horsehair bow)
Includes various types such as 二胡 (erhu), 京胡 (jinghu), 板胡 (banhu), etc. Often used in traditional Chinese music ensembles. The word can take an -r suffix (儿化音) as 胡琴儿 (húqinr) in colloquial speech.
Yé爷
ye爷
zuò坐
zài在
yuàn院
zi子
lǐ里
lā拉
hú胡
qin琴
。
Grandpa sat in the courtyard playing the fiddle.
Hú胡
qin琴
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
chuán传
tǒng统
yuè乐
qì器
zhī之
yī一
。
The huqin is one of China's traditional musical instruments.
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Tā他
xué学
huì会
le了
hǎo好
jǐ几
zhǒng种
hú胡
qin琴
，
bāo包
kuò括
èr二
hú胡
hé和
jīng京
hú胡
。
He learned several types of fiddles, including the erhu and jinghu.