洞簫

See also: 洞箫

Chinese

		cave; hole	(flute); pan pipes; xiao ‑ a vertical bamboo flute
trad. (洞簫)		洞	簫
simp. (洞箫)		洞	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

洞簫

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 (“vertical flute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		簫, 洞簫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	簫
	Taiwan	簫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	簫
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	簫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	簫
	Wuhan	簫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	簫
	Hefei	簫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簫
	Hong Kong	簫
	Yangjiang	簫
Gan	Nanchang	簫
Hakka	Meixian	簫仔
Jin	Taiyuan	簫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簫, 直簫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簫
Southern Min	Xiamen	簫, 洞簫
	Chaozhou	簫
Wu	Suzhou	簫
	Wenzhou	簫
Xiang	Changsha	簫
	Shuangfeng	簫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洞	簫
どう Grade: S	しょう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 洞簫／洞箫 (dòngxiāo, literally “hole + xiao (Chinese flute)”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

洞(どう)簫(しょう) • (dōshō) ^{←どうせう (douseu)?}

1. xiao, vertical end-blown Chinese flute