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yunluo

yunluo noun: a traditional Chinese musical instrument, consisting of a set of tuned flat gongs in a frame, which are played with a stick; (sometimes) an individual gong, as a part of this instrument.

Noun

yunluo (plural yunluos or yunluo)

  1. A traditional Chinese musical instrument, consisting of a set of tuned flat gongs in a frame, which are played with a stick; (sometimes) an individual gong, as a part of this instrument.
    • There are two kinds of yunluo music popular among the people, one is "parade music" played on the streets and during temple fairs; the other is "chamber music" played inside houses. Usually, two sets of yunluos are used in playing […]1998, China & World Cultural Exchange
    • In ensembles, a set of tuned gongs called yunluo (literally “cloud gong”) may be heard; these are small gongs several inches in diameter, and ten yunluo are hung on a single wooden rack.2010, Robert André LaFleur, China, →ISBN, page 292

Forms of yunluo

pluralyunluos
pluralyunluo

Origin of yunluo

Borrowed from Mandarin 雲鑼 /云锣 (yúnluó, literally “cloud gongs”).

Questions about yunluo

What does yunluo mean?
Yunluo means a traditional Chinese musical instrument, consisting of a set of tuned flat gongs in a frame, which are played with a stick; (sometimes) an individual gong, as a part of this instrument.
What part of speech is yunluo?
Yunluo is a noun.
What is the plural of yunluo?
The plural of yunluo is yunluos.

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