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Píngchuī (-)

original: 平吹

➺ remark(s) below

blowing techniques (SE Asian mouth organs): in-/exhaling

Identical types: 9

Literal translation: 平: "flat / level", "even / smooth", "calm / quiet", "average / common"; 吹: "(to) play (a wind instrument)"; Defined by Wong as "plain playing".


Sources

Wong, Samuel Shengmiao: Qi’ - An instrumental guide to the Chinese orchestra. Singapore, 2005, p.143.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.522 & 108.