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erxian

er·xian

Today it means: One of several bowed string instruments in the huqin family, used in traditional Chinese music. Full definition →

Mandarin 二弦

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Mandarin · borrowed from二弦
English todayerxian

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 二弦 (èrxián).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.