八音 (baat3 jam1) — (gound), 土 (earthenware), 革 (skin), 木 (wood), 石 (stone), 金 (metal), 絲 (silk), and 竹 (bamboo). in Cantonese

baat˗₃jamˉ¹
Mandarin Pinyin: ba1 yin1

Meaning of 八音

noun(gound), 土 (earthenware), 革 (skin), 木 (wood), 石 (stone), 金 (metal), 絲 (silk), and 竹 (bamboo).
nounany one of a variety of genres of traditional instrumental music from Guangxi, China
nounan ancient Chinese system of classifying musical instruments into eight materials

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