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琵琶
pípa
1. pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
Uncommon • Top 74%

Character Breakdown

琵
pí
a guitar-like instrument (1)
12 丶
琶
pá
a guitar-like instrument (2)
12 丶

Compound Words (3)

洋琵琶
yángpípá
mandolin
琵琶行
PípaXíng
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi [[白居易<BáiJūyì>]]
琵琶鱼
pípayú
anglerfish

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
62,354 of 84,292