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Guzheng

The zheng (pinyin: zhēng), or guzheng (Chinese: 古筝; pinyin: gǔzhēng; lit. 'ancient zheng'), is a Chinese plucked zither. The modern guzheng commonly has 21, 25, or 26 strings, is 64 inches (1.6 m; 5 ft 4 in) long, and is tuned in a major pentatonic scale. It has a large, resonant soundboard made from Paulownia wood. Other components are often made from…

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Hanyu Pinyin
Gǔzhēng
IPA
[kùʈʂə́ŋ]
Literal meaning
Ancient Zheng
Simplified Chinese
古筝
Traditional Chinese
古箏
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinGǔzhēngWade–Gilesku3-cheng1Yale Romanizationgǔ-jēngIPA[kùʈʂə́ŋ]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationGú-jāangSouthern MinTâi-lôKóo-tsing

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Guzheng

Nodes123
Edges122
Triples127
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
Components1

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related to Notable people · 37
Guzheng → Although, American, Cao Dongfu, Cao Guifen, Cao Zheng, Chang Jing, Chaozhou, Chinese, Contemporary, David Vayo, Funa, Gao Zicheng, Guo Ying, Hakka Luo Jiuxiang, Halim El-Dabh, Hangzhou, Henan, Jing Xia, Jon Foreman, Kevin Austin
related to Contemporary Music · 20
Guzheng → American, Ann Yao, Buddhist, By, China’s, Chinese, Ding, Eastern, For, In, Inspired, Music From China, Neil Rolnick, New York-based, The, The Economic Engine, The Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese-American, Western, Zhou, Zhou Long
related to Origin · 12
Guzheng → An, BCE, During, First, Meng Tian, Modern, Qin, Qing, Shuowen Jiezi, Strings, The, They
related to In popular culture · 11
Guzheng → Everybody's Got, In, It, Korgis, Kung Fu Hustle, Learn Sometime, My Fair Princess, Ruby Lin's, The, The Harpists, Xia Ziwei
related to Styles and techniques · 10
Guzheng → Ancient, Fanyin, Interestingly, Modern, Most, One, Other, The, There, Traditional
Yale Romanization · 2
Guzheng → Gú-jāang, gǔ-jēng
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Guzheng → Gǔzhēng
IPA · 1
Guzheng → [kùʈʂə́ŋ]
Literal meaning · 1
Guzheng → Ancient Zheng
Simplified Chinese · 1
Guzheng → 古筝

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strings chinese music zheng include songs modern techniques played instrument traditional citation needed scale styles zither china notes used often

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GuzhengHanyu PinyinGǔzhēng1.00infobox
GuzhengIPA[kùʈʂə́ŋ]1.00infobox
GuzhengLiteral meaningAncient Zheng1.00infobox
GuzhengSimplified Chinese古筝1.00infobox
GuzhengTraditional Chinese古箏1.00infobox
GuzhengTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinGǔzhēngWade–Gilesku3-cheng1Yale Romanizationgǔ-jēngIPA[kùʈʂə́ŋ]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationGú-jāangSouthern MinTâi-lôKóo-tsing1.00infobox
GuzhengTâi-lôKóo-tsing1.00infobox
GuzhengWade–Gilesku3-cheng11.00infobox
GuzhengYale Romanizationgǔ-jēng1.00infobox
GuzhengYale RomanizationGú-jāang1.00infobox
plasticinstance ofGuzheng players often wear a fingerpick made from materials0.80text
resininstance ofGuzheng players often wear a fingerpick made from materials0.80text

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