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琵琶

pí pa

2-character word

What 琵琶 means

1. pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard

The characters in 琵琶

• 琵písee 琵琶, pipa lute
• 琶pásee 琵琶, pipa lute

Example sentences

• 琵琶湖是日本最大的湖。
  Pípá Hú shì Rìběn zuì dà de hú.
  Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.
• 最早的琵琶大约在秦朝时期发明的。
  Zuì zǎo de pípa dàyuē zài Qíncháo shíqī fāmíng de.
  The first lute was invented during the Qin dynasty.
• 美国自然历史博物馆的「光之生物」展览展出了发绿色光的水母、额头上提着灯笼的琵琶鱼，以及在洞穴顶棚上悬挂粘液状细丝，用来诱捕猎物的萤火虫。
  The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.

Words starting with 琵琶

• 琵琶行Pí pa XíngSong of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
• 琵琶骨pí pa gǔ(old) scapula
• 琵琶鱼pí pa yúanglerfish

Words containing 琵琶

• 洋琵琶yáng pí pámandolin

Sounds the same

Read pí pa, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 枇杷loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica); loquat fruit