Meanings
plural yunluos
- A traditional Chinese musical instrument, consisting of a set of tuned flat gongs in a frame, which are played with a stick; (sometimes) an individual gong, as a part of this instrument.
In ensembles, a set of tuned gongs called yunluo (literally “cloud gong”) may be heard; these are small gongs several inches in diameter, and ten yunluo are hung on a single wooden rack.
2010, Robert André LaFleur, China, →ISBN, page 2921 more example
There are two kinds of yunluo music popular among the people, one is "parade music" played on the streets and during temple fairs; the other is "chamber music" played inside houses. Usually, two sets of yunluos are used in playing […]
1998, China & World Cultural Exchange
Origin
- Mandarin雲鑼 /云锣
- Englishyunluo
Borrowed from Mandarin 雲鑼 /云锣 (yúnluó, literally “cloud gongs”).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Mandarin 雲鑼 /云锣
- 雲鑼 /云锣 (yúnluó)traditional Chinese musical instrument
Japanese 雲鑼
- 雲鑼 (unra)traditional Chinese musical instrument
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