P'i-p'a

Quick meaning: P'i-p'a meaning Alternative form of pipa.

Meaning

Alternative form of pipa.

Example Sentences

Above, a young Chinese child plays the p'i-p'a, a stringed instrument similar to a guitar or lute.

Hsi-men Ch'ing was drinking wine with Li P'ing-erh in her bedroom when he suddenly heard the sound of someone playing the p'i-p'a in a nearby dwelling. "Who's playing the p'i-p'a?" he asked. "It's the sound of the Fifth Lady, over there, playing her p'i-p'a," replied Ying-ch'un.

In the city, the moth-browed girl, her jade pendants like tiny wind chimes chiming. She is playing with a parrot in the flowers; she is playing on her p'i-p'a in the moonlight. Her songs will echo for three months; a little dance will draw ten thousand watchers. Nothing lasts as long as this: beautiful face of the hibiscus, can't bear the frost's caress.

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