See erhu on Wiktionary
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"parents": [
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"ref": "1994 October, Andrea Freud Loewenstein, “No More Happy Endings”, in Gay Community News, page 28:",
"text": "A rugged, handsome woman who can plant five fields in the time it takes others to plant one, Lu reveals her inner self by playing sweet music on the ehru ^([sic]) in a deserted factory site.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009 March 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Cherished Instrument Is Gone, and to Its Owner, Loss Is Like a Death”, in New York Times:",
"text": "Searches on Craigslist turned up no ads for erhus, wanted or offered, though there was a posting for an instrument found on the Lower East Side (the owner must identify the instrument).",
"type": "quote"
}
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"A type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments."
],
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"links": [
[
"bowed",
"bowed"
],
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"spike fiddle",
"spike fiddle"
],
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"huqin",
"huqin"
],
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "erh hu"
},
{
"word": "erh-hu"
},
{
"word": "urheen"
}
],
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"code": "ca",
"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"
},
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"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "jī-ô͘",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"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"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èrxián",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二弦"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "erhuo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "nanhuo"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "erhu"
},
{
"alt": "にこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "niko",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二胡"
},
{
"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"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "erxú",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "эрху́"
},
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "erhu"
},
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"alt": "二胡",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "nhị hồ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"erhu"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɜːhuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɚˈhuː/"
}
],
"word": "erhu"
}
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mandarin 二胡 (èrhú), from 二 (èr, “two”) + 胡 (hú, “fiddle; short for 胡琴, a family of Chinese vertical fiddles”).",
"forms": [
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"form": "erhu",
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]
},
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"ref": "1994 October, Andrea Freud Loewenstein, “No More Happy Endings”, in Gay Community News, page 28:",
"text": "A rugged, handsome woman who can plant five fields in the time it takes others to plant one, Lu reveals her inner self by playing sweet music on the ehru ^([sic]) in a deserted factory site.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009 March 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Cherished Instrument Is Gone, and to Its Owner, Loss Is Like a Death”, in New York Times:",
"text": "Searches on Craigslist turned up no ads for erhus, wanted or offered, though there was a posting for an instrument found on the Lower East Side (the owner must identify the instrument).",
"type": "quote"
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"A type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments."
],
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[
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"bowed"
],
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"spike fiddle",
"spike fiddle"
],
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"huqin",
"huqin"
],
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"string instrument",
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈɜːhuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɚˈhuː/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "erh hu"
},
{
"word": "erh-hu"
},
{
"word": "urheen"
}
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"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": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "二胡"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èrxián",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二弦"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "erhuo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "nanhuo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "erhu"
},
{
"alt": "にこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "niko",
"sense": "Chinese fiddle",
"word": "二胡"
},
{
"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"
}
],
"word": "erhu"
}
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