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sheng

Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌŋ/

The English word “sheng” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).

Etymology

From Mandarin 笙 (shēng).

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