洞ほら簫しょう

See also: 洞ほら箫

Chinese

		cave; hole	(flute); pan pipes; xiao ‑ a vertical bamboo flute
trad. (洞ほら簫しょう)		洞ほら	簫しょう
simp. (洞ほら箫)		洞ほら	箫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ siu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōng-siau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngsiao
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-hsiao¹
    • Yale: dùng-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshiau
    • Palladius: дунсяо (dunsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ siu¹
    • Yale: duhng sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-siau
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxngsiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siau⁴⁴/

Noun

洞ほら簫しょう

1. (music) xiao (a vertical, notched, end-blown bamboo flute used since ancient times in traditional and classical Chinese music)
2. (Southern Min, figurative) opium pipe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 簫しょう (“vertical flute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		簫しょう, 洞ほら簫しょう
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	簫しょう
	Taiwan	簫しょう
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	簫しょう
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	簫しょう
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	簫しょう
	Wuhan	簫しょう
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	簫しょう
	Hefei	簫しょう
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簫しょう
	Hong Kong	簫しょう
	Yangjiang	簫しょう
Gan	Nanchang	簫しょう
Hakka	Meixian	簫しょう仔こ
Jin	Taiyuan	簫しょう
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簫しょう, 直ちょく簫しょう
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簫しょう
Southern Min	Xiamen	簫しょう, 洞ほら簫しょう
	Chaozhou	簫しょう
Wu	Suzhou	簫しょう
	Wenzhou	簫しょう
Xiang	Changsha	簫しょう
	Shuangfeng	簫しょう

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洞ほら	簫しょう
どう Grade: S	しょう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 洞ほら簫しょう／洞ほら箫 (dòngxiāo, literally “hole + xiao (Chinese flute)”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーしょー [dòóshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

洞ほら(どう)簫しょう(しょう) • (dōshō) ^{←どうせう (douseu)?}

1. xiao, vertical end-blown Chinese flute