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Sīzhú shēng / Sīzhúshēng (-)

original: 丝竹笙

➺ remark(s) below
Xiǎoshēng

Literal translation: 丝: "silk", "a threadlike thing", 竹: "bamboo"; 笙: "mouth organ"; According to Thrasher a synonym of [the modern] Xiǎoshēng; NB: ➺ Sīzhú yuè.

Sources

Thrasher, Alan R.: Sheng. In: The Garland encyclopedia of world music (7): East Asia (ed. 2002).

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.647 (丝 ➀, ➁), 914 & 613.