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梆子

Mandarin · pinyin bāng zi

watchman's clapper
wooden clappers with bars of unequal length
abbr. for 梆子腔 bāng zi qiāng

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梆: bāng · watchman's rattle
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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1–5 · bang1 zi5

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noun

watchman's clapper
(music) wooden clappers (small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Chinese folk music and opera)
one of a number of varieties of traditional folk opera performed in northern China, using bangzi clappers as an accompanying instrument

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