琶 (paa4 | pa2) : pipa

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琶

paa4

pa2

pipa - a four-stringed guitar-like musical instrument; balloon-guitar

Usually appears in compound form 琵琶.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 玉 (#96)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

琶

This word has been viewed 3462 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Jan 2011 13:54

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琵琶 pei4 paa4*2 pi2 pa2 = a lute

琵琶魚 pei4 paa4 jyu4*2 pi2 pa2 yu2 = blackmouth goosefish; angler

琵琶襟 pei4 paa4 kam1 = a woman's costume 粵

琵琶蝦 pei4 paa4 haa1 pi2 pa2 xia1 = pipa (Chinese lute) shrimp

琵琶仔 pei4 paa4 zai2 = a singing underaged prostitute

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 琶
Unicode code for this character: U+7436 (off-site link)

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