MOUTH ORGAN    多管樂器竽

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CONTAINING MANY TUBES, AND BLOWN into USING the MOUTH.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current word for an upright pipe organ is yú 竽, which refers to an organ with 36 bamboo pipes arranged tightly together on a gourd. See ill.. 2. Shēng 笙 refers to smaller variety of the upright yú 竽 with between 13 and 19 pipes. 3. Xiāo 簫 refers to a system of 32 pipes arranged on one plane. A smaller variety had 16 pipes so arranged. It was played in the manner of the modern mouth organ. It is also called cēn cī 參差.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ART 8. 笙，長四尺，木製或銅製的圓型斗座，管苗數目多是奇數，宮音管位置在旁側，整個笙的形象 “ 象鳳之身 ” 。 竽，長四尺二寸，匏製的橢圓型斗座，管苗數目多於笙，且多是偶數，宮管位置居中。 簧，本指施置於笙類樂器管苗內的可振動發聲的薄片，引申指笙類樂器。 匏，笙類樂器的總稱。
Modern Chinese Criteria
笙 鳳笙 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 225

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  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 776

  • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. 381

    • Words (6 items)

    竽  yú OC: ɢʷra MC: ɦi̯o 8 Attributions

    The most current word for an upright pipe organ is yú 竽, which refers to an organ with 36 bamboo pipes arranged tightly together on a gourd. See ill..

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 笙/MOUTH ORGAN Shēng 笙 refers to smaller variety of the upright yú 竽 with between 13 and 19 pipes.

      Syntactic words
    • nreed organ with upto 36 pipes
    笙  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 4 Attributions

    Shēng 笙 refers to smaller variety of the upright yú 竽 with between 13 and 19 pipes.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 竽/MOUTH ORGAN The most current word for an upright pipe organ is yú 竽, which refers to an organ with 36 bamboo pipes arranged tightly together on a gourd. See ill..

      Syntactic words
    • na kind of reed organ made of a gourd into which are inserted bamboo pipes.
    簧  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npipe used in a reed organ
    竽笙  yú shēng MC: hju sraeng OC: ɢʷra sraaŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialmouth organs of all kindsLZ
    簫  xiāo OC: sɯɯw MC: seu 1 Attribution

    Xiāo 簫refers to a system of 32 pipes arranged on one plane. A smaller variety had 16 pipes so arranged. It was played in the manner of the modern mouth organ. It is also called cēn cī 參差.

      Syntactic words
    • nsystem of (typically as many as 23) bamboo flutes tied closely together and played by blowing into several flutes at the same time
    參差  cēn cī OC: tshrum skhral MC: ʈʂhim ʈʂhiɛ 0 Attributions

    Xiāo 簫refers to a system of 32 pipes arranged on one plane. A smaller variety had 16 pipes so arranged. It was played in the manner of the modern mouth organ. It is also called cēn cī 參差.

      Syntactic words