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Guǎn (-)

original: 管

tube / pipe
Miáo (Shēng miáo / Shēngmiáo)

Pīnyīn transcription; NB: The term translates also as "wind instrument" in combinations such as 单簧管 (dānhuáng·guǎn [clarinet]), and it is also used as the name of a bell-less shawm (compare Japanese 篳篥 (Hichiriki)); NB: ➺ Kuan.

Sources

ws (based on Kuan in Sachs and Moule)

中国 [Zhōngguó]: 中国音乐词典。中国艺术研究院音乐研究所 «中国音乐词典» 编辑部 编 [Zhōngguó yīnyuè cídiǎn. Zhōngguó Yìshù Yánjiū Yuàn Yīnyuè Yánjiū Suǒ «Zhōngguó yīnyuè cídiǎn» biānjí bù biān; Chinese music dictionary, compiled by the Chinese Art Research Inst., Music Research Inst., "Chinese music dictionary" editorial board]. 北京 [Běijīng], 1984, p.128•2.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.250 (管 ➀, [➺ ➁]).