noun
erhu; Chinese two-stringed fiddle
Refers specifically to the traditional Chinese bowed instrument with two strings, commonly used in Chinese music and increasingly known in Japan.
彼女は二胡の演奏を習っている。
She is learning to play the erhu.
コンサートで二胡の美しい音色を聴いた。
I heard the beautiful tone of the erhu at the concert.
From Chinese 二胡 (èrhú), literally 'two-stringed barbarian fiddle'. The kanji 二 means 'two', and 胡 refers to the instrument's foreign (non-Han) origins.