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語源

From Mandarin 笙 (shēng).

発音

• (approximating Chinese pronunciation)
  • IPA: /ˈʃʌŋ/, [ˈʃʰʌŋ]
  • 韻: -ʌŋ
• (anglicized pronunciation)
  • IPA: /ˈʃɛŋ/, [ˈʃʰɛŋ]
  • • (Southern 米国発音, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger) IPA: /ˈʃɪŋ/, [ˈʃʰɪ̟ŋ]
  • 韻: -ɛŋ
• ハイフネーション: sheng

名詞

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).

   Coordinate term: (Japanese equivalent) sho

   • 2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 120:

     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).

参考

• sheng nu (also derived from Chinese, though not necessarily related)

アナグラム

• Enghs, Engsh, Hengs