簫しょう

noun

xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)

A traditional Chinese end-blown bamboo flute, distinct from the Japanese shakuhachi. Often seen in contexts of Chinese music or historical instruments.

See also: 洞簫 · 排簫

• 中ちゅう国ごくの伝でん統とう楽がっ器きである簫しょうは、縦たてに構かまえて吹ふく竹ちく製せいの笛ふえです。

  The xiao, a traditional Chinese instrument, is a vertically held bamboo flute.

• 彼かれは簫しょうの演えん奏そうを習ならうために北京ぺきんへ留りゅう学がくした。

  He went to study in Beijing to learn how to play the xiao.