| 弓状 | gōng zhuàng | bowed / curved like a bow | ![]() |
| 马头琴 | mǎ tóu qín | morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument) | ![]() |
| 拉 | lā | to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels | ![]() |
| 板胡 | bǎn hú | a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard | ![]() |
| 俯首帖耳 | fǔ shǒu tiē ěr | bowed head and ears glued (idiom) / docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call | ![]() |
| 四胡 | sì hú | sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture | ![]() |
| 坠胡 | zhuì hú | two-stringed bowed instrument / also called 墜琴|坠琴[zhui4 qin2] | ![]() |
