梆子
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Chinese[edit]
watchman's rattle | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (梆子) | 梆 | 子 | |
simp. #(梆子) | 梆 | 子 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
梆子
- watchman's clapper
- (music) wooden clappers (small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Chinese folk music and opera)
- one of a number of varieties of traditional folk opera performed in northern China, using bangzi clappers as an accompanying instrument
Synonyms[edit]
- (watchman's clapper): (Hokkien) 更嘓/更啯
- (wooden clappers): (Jin) 木頭/木头, 骨鹿子; (Hokkien) 嘓/啯 (guō)
- (variety of folk opera): 梆子腔 (bāngziqiāng)