sheng

From Mandarin 笙 (shēng).

• IPA^(key): /ʃʌŋ/, (anglicized) /ʃɛŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋ, -ɛŋ

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).

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

• Enghs, Engsh, Hengs

sheng m (plural shengs)

1. sheng

sheng

1. nonstandard spelling of shēng
2. nonstandard spelling of shéng
3. nonstandard spelling of shěng
4. nonstandard spelling of shèng

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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sheng class IX (plural sheng class X)

1. (Sheng) alternative letter-case form of Sheng