# 二弦
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): èrxián
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^6$ jin$^{4-2}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngi-hièn / ngi-hiàn
    (Hailu, HRS): ngi$^˖$ hien
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): jī-hiân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ri$^6$ hin$^5$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): e$^5$ xienn$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: èrxián
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: èrsián
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^4$-hsien$^2$
*** Yale: èr-syán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyan
*** Palladius: эрсянь (ersjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^6$ jin$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: yih yín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^6$ jin$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^6$ yin$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²² jiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-hièn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi hien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^4$ hian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ hi̯en¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-hiàn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi hian$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^4$ hian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ hi̯an¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^˖$ hien
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi³³ hien⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-hiân
*** Tâi-lô: jī-hiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jixhieen
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ hiɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ri$^6$ hin$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭ hîⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zi³⁵⁻¹¹ hĩ⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: e$^5$ xienn$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi̯ẽ²⁴/

### Noun

二弦
* huqin (any of a family of vertical bowed lutes used in Chinese music)
* (specifically) erxian (one of several bowed string instruments in the huqin family, used in traditional Chinese music)
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Zhao'an Hokkien, specifically) erhu
* (obsolete) erxian (a long-necked plucked lute with two strings, used in traditional Chinese music)

#### Synonyms

* (huqin):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 胡琴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胡琴兒, 呼呼兒, 呼兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 胡琴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 胡胡兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 胡兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 胡琴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胡胡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 胡胡兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 胡胡子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 弦索 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 胡琴 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 胡琴 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 胡琴 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 弦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 弦仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 弦子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 胡胡, 葫蘆子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 胡胡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弦仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 弦仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 弦仔 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 弦 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡琴 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 胡琴, 盧琴 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 胡琴子, 二弦 |
* (erhu):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 二胡, 南胡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 南胡, 二胡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 二胡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 二胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 二胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 二胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 胡琴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 二胡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 胡胡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 二胡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 二胡, 二弦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 二胡 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 二胡 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 二胡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 二胡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 二弦 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 二弦 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 胡琴 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 二胡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弦仔, 二胡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 二胡, 尿升 humorous |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 弦仔, 二胡 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 二弦, 胡弦 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡琴 |

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: ngeihyienz

#### See also

* 三弦 (sānxián)