The appearance of a sheng in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century inspired the development of free reed instruments in Western Europe, including the harmonica, accordion, and symphonium (see next page).
Source: wiktionary
Sheng
//ʃʌŋ//
Synonyms for "sheng"
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 笙 noun (Chinese wind instrument)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠪᠠᡴᠰᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡳᠴᠠᡴᡡ noun (Chinese wind instrument)
Sample sentences
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English and Kiswahili might be Kenya’s official languages, but pupils tumbling out of school and students in the university canteens chatter to each other in Sheng, to their teachers’ despair. A witty, cheeky, freewheeling Clockwork Orange-style brew of Kiswahili, English and indigenous Kenyan languages, with added dollops of reggae jargon, American slang, French and Spanish, Sheng originated in Nairobi’s Eastlands slums in the 1980s.
Source: wiktionary
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