sheng

From Mandarin 笙 (shēng).

sheng (plural shengs)

1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).

• Enghs, Engsh, Hengs

sheng m (plural shengs)

1. sheng

sheng

1. Nonstandard spelling of shēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shéng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of shěng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shèng.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

sheng (n class, plural sheng)

1. (Sheng) Alternative letter-case form of Sheng