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p'i-p'a

p'i-p'a is the alternative form of pipa.

Meaning of pipa

Noun

pipa (plural pipas)

  1. A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.

Origin of p'i-p'a

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá), Wade–Giles romanization: pʻi²-pʻa².

Questions about p'i-p'a

What is p'i-p'a the alternative form of?
P'i-p'a is the alternative form of pipa.

Words near p'i-p'a in the dictionary

  1. P'eng-lai
  2. P'eng-shui
  3. P'ent'ay
  4. P'i
  5. P'i Hsien
  6. p'i-p'a
  7. P'i-shan
  8. P'ien-kuan
  9. p'in-yin
  10. P'ing-jang
  11. P'ing-lu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: p'i-p'a (page history and authors); pipa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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