胡こ琴きん

noun

huqin; Chinese bowed string instrument

Refers to any Chinese string instrument played with a bow, such as the erhu. Domain-specific term used in musical contexts.

• 胡こ琴きんは中ちゅう国ごくの擦さつ弦げん楽がっ器きの総そう称しょうです。

  Huqin is a general term for Chinese bowed string instruments.

noun

biwa; Oriental lute

Archaic use referring to the biwa, a 4- or 5-stringed lute. In modern Japanese, 琵琶 is the standard term.

See also: 琵琶

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、胡こ琴きんが琵び琶わを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 胡琴 can refer to the biwa.