noun #29,532

Meanings

  1. 1 surname Lü
  2. 2 pitch pipe (in traditional music theory)
  3. 3 one of the twelve semitones in classical Chinese music

Examples

Lǚ Bùwéi shì Qínguó de zhùmíng zhèngzhìjiā.
Lü Buwei was a famous statesman of the Qin state.
Gǔdài yīnyuè yǐ shí'èr lǜlǚ wéi jīchǔ.
Ancient music was based on the twelve pitch pipes.

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usage
As a surname, is romanized as Lü or Lu with an umlaut. It's a common surname in China. In music theory, and together (十二) refer to the twelve-tone system in classical Chinese music.

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