| Traditional Chinese musical instruments comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. Traditionally,
they were classified according to the materials used in their construction.
Guqin (Chinese: ¹ÅÇÙ; pinyin: g¨³q¨ªn) - 7-stringed zither
Se (Chinese: ɪ; pinyin: s¨¨) - 25-stringed zither with moveable bridges (ancient sources say 13, 25 or 50 strings)
Guzheng (¹ÅóÝ) - 16-26 stringed zither with movable bridges
Konghou (óíóó) - harp
Pipa (ÅýÅÃ) - pear-shaped fretted lute with 4 or 5 strings
Huqin (ºúÇÙ) - family of vertical fiddles
Erhu (¶þºú) - two-stringed fiddle
Dizi (µÑ×Ó) - transverse bamboo flute with buzzing membrane
Bangdi (°ðµÑ)
Xiao (traditional Chinese: óï; simplified Chinese: óï; pinyin: xi¨¡o) - end-blown flute; also called dongxiao (traditional
Chinese: ¶´óï; simplified Chinese: ¶´óï)
Paixiao (traditional Chinese: ÅÅóï; simplified Chinese: ÅÅóï; pinyin: p¨¢ixi¨¡o) - pan pipes
Suona (traditional Chinese: ßïÄÅ; simplified Chinese: ßïÄÅ) - double-reed wind instrument with a flaring metal bell; also
called haidi (º£µÑ)
Bianzhong (±àÖÓ) - 65 to 100 bronze bells hung on a rack, struck using poles
Fangxiang (traditional Chinese: ·½Ïì; simplified Chinese: ·½Ïì; pinyin: f¨¡ngxi¨£ng; Wade-Giles: fang hsiang) - set of tuned
metal slabs (metallophone)
Nao (îó) - may refer to either an ancient bell or large cymbals
Shangnao (ÉÌîó) - ancient bellphoto
Bo (îà) - cymbals
Luo (traditional Chinese: Âà; simplified Chinese: Âà; pinyin: lu¨®) - gong
Yunluo (traditional Chinese: ÔÆÂà; simplified Chinese: ÔÆÂà) - literally "cloud gongs"; 10 or more small tuned gongs in a
frame
Shimianluo (Ê®ÃæÂà) - 10 small tuned gongs in a frame
Chun (åT; pinyin: ch¨²n) - ancient bellphoto
Weichun (á¡åT) - ancient hanging bell
Bronze drum (͹Ä)
Laba (À®°È) - long, straight trumpet without valves
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