The story
- Mandarin · derived from二胡
- English todayerhu
From Mandarin 二胡 (èrhú), from 二 (èr, “two”) + 胡 (hú, “fiddle; short for 胡琴, a family of Chinese vertical fiddles”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments. Full definition →
From Mandarin 二胡 (èrhú), from 二 (èr, “two”) + 胡 (hú, “fiddle; short for 胡琴, a family of Chinese vertical fiddles”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.