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sho.

A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ʃoʊ/General-American
  1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 笙 (shō).

noun/ʃəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ʃoʊ/General-American
  1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.

Where this word comes from

Of modern scholarly coinage. From its Bactrian pronunciation /ʃ/, and the final omricon (ο) found at the end of almost all Bactrian words.

adv/ʃəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ʃoʊ/General-American
  1. Pronunciation spelling of sure.

    Southern-US · alt-of · not-comparable · pronunciation-spelling
  2. Pronunciation spelling of so.

    alt-of · childish · not-comparable · pronunciation-spelling
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