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jinghu

Syllables: Jing·hu/d͡ʒɪŋˈhu/

jinghu noun: a two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.

Noun

jinghu (plural jinghu)

  1. A two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.

Proper noun capitalized: Jinghu

Jinghu

  1. A district of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
    • The people's procuratorate of Jinghu district, Wuhu brought the case against a waste treatment company in neighboring Jiangsu Province.2018 July 17, “Twelve charged for dumping 2,500 tons of toxic waste in Yangtze River”, in China Tibet Online, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2023
    • In September 2018, the Jinghu District People’s Court in Wuhu, Anhui Province sentenced 12 people from the Pol Shin Fastener Company between four months and six years in prison for committing serious interprovincial environmental crimes in Jiangsu and Anhui in 2016 and 2017.2019 March 28, Gillian Zwicker, Jennifer Turner, “Tapping the Power in China’s Municipal Sludge”, in New Security Beat, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2019

Forms of jinghu

pluraljinghu

Origin of jinghu

Borrowed from Chinese 京胡 (jīnghú).

From Mandarin 鏡湖 /镜湖 (Jìnghú).

Words that rhyme with jinghu

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Questions about jinghu

What does jinghu mean?
Jinghu means a two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.
What part of speech is jinghu?
Jinghu can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jinghu?
Jinghu is pronounced /d͡ʒɪŋˈhu/.
What is the plural of jinghu?
The plural of jinghu is jinghu.

Words near jinghu in the dictionary

  1. Jinggu
  2. Jinghai
  3. Jinghong
  4. Jinghpaw
  5. Jinghpo
  6. jinghu
  7. Jingjiang
  8. jingju
  9. jingko
  10. jingle
  11. jingle bell

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