Etymology

gaohu

gao·hu
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Today it means: A two-stringed vertical fiddle-like chordophone (stringed instrument) used as a leading instrument in Cantonese music. Full definition →

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From Mandarin 高胡 (gāohú).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.