Chinese Instrument
中国乐器英文名一览
1) Percussion Instrument
打击乐器Luo/Chinese Gong 锣
Chinese Wood Block
木鱼Chinese Bass Gong 低音大锣
Chinese Cymbal 钹
Slapstick 拍板
Paigu 排鼓
Chinese Base Drum
大鼓Yunluo 云锣
Chinese Snare Drum 小鼓
Bangze/Chinese Wooden Clappers 梆子
Bangu 板鼓
2) Plucked String Instrument 弹拨乐器
Ruan/Moon Guitar
阮咸Liuqin 柳叶琴
Guzheng/Chinese Zither 古筝
Pipa/Chinese Lute 琵琶
Yangqin 扬琴
Sanxian 三弦
3) String Instrument 拉弦乐器
Banhu 板胡
Ching Hu 京胡
Gehu 革胡
Nanhu/Erhu/Chinese Fiddle 南胡/二胡
Zhonghu 中胡
Bass Gehu 倍革胡
4) Wind Instrument 吹管乐器
Suona/Shanai
唢呐Di/Chinese Bamboo Flute 曲笛
Sheng 笙
Xiao/Chinese Vertical Bamboo Flute 萧
【The Eight Sounds or Eight Tones (
八音)】
The eight categories are: silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and hide. There are other instruments which may not fit these classifications. This is one of the first musical classifications ever.
Silk (丝)