双簧 (shuāng huáng) — (noun) a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing; (noun) double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)

Definition

双簧 (shuānghuáng) has two senses: a two-person comic act where one person hides behind and speaks or sings while the other lip-syncs and gestures (a 'double act'); and the double reed in woodwinds like the oboe (双簧管).

noun
a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singingdouble reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)

Examples

  • 双簧，。
    Zhè ge shuāng huáng biǎo yǎn fēi cháng jīng cǎi, guān zhòng xiào dé qián yǎng hòu hé.
    This double act performance was brilliant; the audience was rocking with laughter.
  • ，双簧。
    Tā zhèng zài xiū lǐ shuāng huáng guǎn, xū yào huàn yí gè shuāng huáng.
    He is repairing an oboe and needs to replace a double reed.
  • 双簧。
    Bā sōng guǎn hé shuāng huáng guǎn dōu shǐ yòng shuāng huáng piàn.
    Both bassoons and oboes use double reeds.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

双shuāngtwo
簧huángreed

双 (two) + 簧 (reed): a double reed, extended to a two-person act.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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