# 二胡
## Chinese

* 二胡 (Written Standard Chinese)
* erhu (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): èrhú
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji$^6$ wu$^{4-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngei$^5$ vu$^{3*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'eo$^5$ fu$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): nī-ǔ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jī-ô͘ / lī-ô͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: èrhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: èrhú
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^4$-hu$^2$
*** Yale: èr-hú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellhwu
*** Palladius: эрху (erxu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ xu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^6$ wu$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: yih wú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^6$ wu$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^6$ wu$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²² wuː²¹⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngei$^5$ vu$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡei³² vu²²⁻²²⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'eo$^5$ fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈɵ¹¹ fu³⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-ǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵⁵ u²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ô͘
*** Tâi-lô: jī-ôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jixoo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ ɔ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ô͘
*** Tâi-lô: lī-ôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixoo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² ɔ²⁴/

### Noun

二胡
* erhu (bowed string instrument with two strings, used in traditional and classical Chinese music) (Classifier: 把 m; 個／个 c)

#### Synonyms

| 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 |

#### Derived terms

* 京二胡 (jīng'èrhú)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 二胡(にこ) (niko)
* → Korean: 이호(二胡) (iho)

#### See also

* 古琴 (gǔqín)
* 古箏／古筝 (gǔzhēng)

## Japanese
### Etymology

Kanji in this term :
| 二 | 胡 |
| に Grade: 1 | こ Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Middle Chinese or Sinitic?”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にこ [níꜜkò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɲ̟iko̞]

### Noun

二(に)胡(こ) • (niko)
* erhu

#### See also

* 胡(こ)弓(きゅう) (kokyū, “kokyū”, Japanese bowed string instrument)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN