梆子腔

a general term for local operas in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong etc / the music of such operas

watchman's rattle

watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1]

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

cavity of body / barrel (e.g. engine cylinder) / compartment / tune / accent of speech

(bound form) cavity / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock)