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Jyutping sang1
Pinyin shēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    一種​中樂​吹管​樂器​;​演奏​嘅​時​候​,​對​住​吹​氣管​吹​氣同​吸氣​,​用​手指​撳​住​裝上​簧片​嘅​竹管​發聲
    sheng, a Chinese reed pipe wind instrument
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    sheng (a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes)
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. small gourd-shaped musical instrument
  2. Cangjie Input
    HHQM
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我听说经理的妻子出去度假了。这时就是山中无老虎,猴子称大王了。现在经理他夜夜笙箫。
    我聽説經理的妻子出去度假了。這時就是山中無老虎,猴子稱大王了。現在經理他夜夜笙簫。
    wǒ tīng shuō jīng lǐ de qī zǐ chū qù dù jià le 。 zhè shí jiù shì shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng le 。 xiàn zài jīng lǐ tā yè yè shēng xiāo 。
    • I heard the manager's wife is on vacation. And, well, when the cat's away, the mice play. Now he's out partying every night.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    鼓钟钦钦,鼓瑟鼓琴。笙磬同音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionGǔ zhōng qīn qīn, gǔ sè gǔ qín. Shēng qìng tóngyīn. [Pinyin]
    鼓钟钦钦,鼓瑟鼓琴。笙磬同音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionGǔ zhōng qīn qīn, gǔ sè gǔ qín. Shēng qìng tóngyīn. [Pinyin]
    His bells ring out kin kin ;
    • His lutes, large and small, give their notes;
      The tones of his organs and sounding stones are in unison.
  2. Mandarin
    你们一听见角、笛、琵琶、琴、瑟、笙和各样乐器的声音,就当俯伏敬拜尼布甲尼撒王所立的金像。凡不俯伏敬拜的,必立时扔在烈火的窑中。
    你們一聽見角、笛、琵琶、琴、瑟、笙和各樣樂器的聲音,就當俯伏敬拜尼布甲尼撒王所立的金像。凡不俯伏敬拜的,必立時扔在烈火的窯中。
    nǐ men yī tīng jiàn jiǎo , dí , pí pá , qín , sè , shēng hé gè yàng yuè qì de shēng yīn , jiù dāng fǔ fú jìng bài ní bù jiǎ ní sǎ wáng suǒ lì de jīn xiàng . fán bù fǔ fú jìng bài de , bì lì shí rēng zài liè huǒ de yáo zhōng .
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