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shengs

shengs is the plural of sheng.

Meaning of sheng

Noun

sheng (plural shengs)

  1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
    • The appearance of a sheng in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century inspired the development of free reed instruments in Western Europe, including the harmonica, accordion, and symphonium (see next page).2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 120

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Questions about shengs

What is shengs the plural of?
Shengs is the plural of sheng.

Words near shengs in the dictionary

  1. sheng nü
  2. Shenga Bjemi
  3. shengnan
  4. shengnu
  5. shengnü
  6. shengs
  7. Shengsi
  8. shengyuan
  9. Shenhsi
  10. Shenikwa
  11. Sheniqua

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