pí pa 
		pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kūn xián 
		pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pí pa 
		loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica)
loquat fruit
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			shí miàn mái fú 
		Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece)
House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pí pa xíng 
		Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liǔ qín 
		liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhōng ruǎn 
		zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pī pā 
		(onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pī pā 
		onomat. for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tán cí 
		ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà ruǎn 
		daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Pí pa Xíng 
		Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]