pipa.
A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.
Meaning & usage
A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.