篳篥
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (篳篥) | 篳 | 篥 | |
| simp. (筚篥) | 筚 | 篥 | |
| alternative forms | |||
Etymology
Borrowed from a language in the Western Regions. Compare Khotanese *pīlī (“pipe?”) (as in pīlīrūvī (“clyster-pipe”)).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: bìlì
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bìlì
- Wade–Giles: pi4-li4
- Yale: bì-lì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlih
- Palladius: били (bili)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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篳篥 / 筚篥
薜荔
觱栗
觱篥
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bat1 leot6
- Yale: bāt leuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 loet9
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 lêd6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵt̚²/
- Homophones:
篳篥 / 筚篥
觱栗
觱篥
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: pjit lit
Noun
篳篥
- (music) bili (a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the court and ritual music of China since ancient times)
- 南山截竹爲觱篥，此樂本自龜茲出。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. mid-8th century, Li Qi,《聽安萬善吹觱篥歌》, translated by Sun Dayu
- Nánshān jié zhú wéi bìlì, cǐ yuè běn zì Qiūcí chū. [Pinyin]
- Cutting bamboo from the South Mount, a bi-li pipe is made by;
Qiuci the Hu state is where its bizarre music cometh from.
南山截竹为觱篥，此乐本自龟兹出。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
- → Korean: 피리 (piri, “reed wind instrument”)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 篳 | 篥 |
| ひち Hyōgai |
りき Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひちりき [hìchíríkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) ひちりき [hìchíꜜrìkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [çit͡ɕiɾʲikʲi]
Noun
篳篥 • (hichiriki)
- a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the gagaku music of Japan