four-stringed lute; pipa
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
a pear-shaped, four-stringed plucked instrument played horizontally
One of the most representative traditional Chinese instruments with a history of over 2,000 years. The player holds it horizontally and plucks the strings with fingers or picks. Famous works include 'Ambush on All Sides' (十面埋伏) and 'The Song of the Pipa' (琵琶行).
Tā她
zài在
yīn音
yuè乐
xué学
yuàn院
zhǔ主
xiū修
pí琵
pá琶
。
She majors in pipa at the conservatory of music.
Zhè这
shǒu首
pí琵
pá琶
qǔ曲
zhēn真
hǎo好
tīng听
。
This pipa piece sounds really beautiful.
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Tā他
tán弹
pí琵
pá琶
yǐ已
jīng经
shí十
nián年
le了
。
He has been playing the pipa for ten years already.
Pí琵
pá琶
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
chuán传
tǒng统
yuè乐
qì器
zhī之
yī一
，
yǒu有
liǎng两
qiān千
duō多
nián年
de的
lì历
shǐ史
。
The pipa is one of China's traditional instruments, with a history of more than two thousand years.