Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Chinese stringed instrument that is played with a bow and has two strings stretched from a small sound box along a long thin neck.
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- noun A type of Chinese
fiddle having two strings.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There was also an ancient-looking horn and an "erhu" -- a two-string instrument which produced the most heart-wrenching sounds, and the "yanqin", a string instrument so beautiful and powerful that I thought there were twenty different instruments playing at once!
Mao's Last Dancer Li, Cunxin, 1961- 2003
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The program includes classics such as "The Moon Reflected in Er-Quan River," a solo for the two-stringed fiddle called the erhu; a solo for the lute-like pipa from the opera "Butterfly Lovers," based on a famed Chinese fable; and the bamboo-flute song "New Song of the Herdsmen."
Time Off 2008
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(Soundbite of music) The erhu is a traditional instrument.
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LANG LANG'S FATHER (through translator): This instrument, it's called an erhu, which is like a Chinese violin.
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Chew quickly recognized Tyler's talent and recruited him to join her Purple Silk music program, where students learn to sing Chinese songs and play traditional instruments such as a two-string violin called an erhu, a four-stringed lute known as a pipa and a bamboo flute called a dizi.
SFGate: Top News Stories By TERENCE CHEA 2011
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When I was 12, my dad bought me an erhu, which is a Chinese violin or fiddle with two strings.
Forbes.com: News Jessie Chen 2011
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Chew quickly recognized Tyler's talent and recruited him to join her Purple Silk music program, where students learn to sing Chinese songs and play traditional instruments such as a two-string violin called an erhu, a four-stringed lute known as a pipa and a bamboo flute called a dizi.
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Chew quickly recognized Tyler's talent and recruited him to join her Purple Silk music program, where students learn to sing Chinese songs and play traditional instruments such as a two-string violin called an erhu, a four-stringed lute known as a pipa and a bamboo flute called a dizi.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Chew quickly recognized Tyler's talent and recruited him to join her Purple Silk music program, where students learn to sing Chinese songs and play traditional instruments such as a two-string violin called an erhu, a four-stringed lute known as a pipa and a bamboo flute called a dizi.
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Chew quickly recognized Tyler's talent and recruited him to join her Purple Silk music program, where students learn to sing Chinese songs and play traditional instruments such as a two-string violin called an erhu, a four-stringed lute known as a pipa and a bamboo flute called a dizi.
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I got so into the swing of things that I even broke my music rule and threw away my erhu, a Chinese two-stringed instrument my brother had carted around Asia years ago as a gift for me but which I’d never unboxed.
I was a hopeless hoarder – until I was forced to throw out 50 things I own Tim Jonze 2024
reesetee commented on the word erhu
Also called "nanhu" and sometimes known in the west as a Chinese violin. A two-stringed bowed musical instrument, used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras.
March 20, 2008