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"ref": "2009 March 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Cherished Instrument Is Gone, and to Its Owner, Loss Is Like a Death”, in New York Times",
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"word": "erh hu"
},
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"word": "erh-hu"
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"alt": "ji⁶ wu⁴⁻²",
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"roman": "èrxián",
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"lang": "Korean",
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"word": "얼후"
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"ipa": "/ɚˈhuː/"
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"ipa": "/ˈɜːhuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɚˈhuː/"
}
],
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{
"word": "erh hu"
},
{
"word": "erh-hu"
},
{
"word": "urheen"
}
],
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "erhu"
},
{
"alt": "ji⁶ wu⁴⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二胡"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "jī-ô͘",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "二胡"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èrhú",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二胡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nánhú",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "南胡"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èrxián",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二弦"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
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"masculine"
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"word": "erhu"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "niko",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二胡"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eolhu",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "얼후"
},
{
"alt": "二胡",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "iho",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "이호"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "erxú",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "эрху́"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "erhu"
},
{
"alt": "二胡",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "nhị hồ"
}
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"word": "erhu"
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