an ancient Chinese string instrument (the name of which escapes me)

Huqin (胡琴) – family of vertical fiddles

Erhu (二胡) – two-stringed fiddle

Zhonghu (中胡) – two-stringed fiddle, lower pitch than erhu

Gaohu (高胡) – two-stringed fiddle, higher pitch than erhu; also called yuehu (粤胡)

Banhu (板胡) – two-stringed fiddle with a coconut resonator and wooden face, used primarily in northern China

Jinghu (京胡) – two-stringed fiddle, very high pitched, used mainly for Beijing opera

Jing erhu (京二胡) – erhu used in Beijing opera

Erxian (二弦) – two-stringed fiddle, used in Cantonese, Chaozhou, and nanguan music

Tiqin (提琴) – two-stringed fiddle, used in kunqu, Chaozhou, Cantonese, Fujian, and Taiwanese music

Yehu (椰胡) – two-stringed fiddle with coconut body, used primarily in Cantonese and Chaozhou music

Daguangxian (大广弦) – two-stringed fiddle used in Taiwan and Fujian, primarily by Min Nan and Hakka people; also called datongxian (大筒弦), guangxian (广弦), and daguanxian (大管弦)

Datong (大筒) – two-stringed fiddle used in the traditional music of Hunan

Kezaixian (壳仔弦) – two-stringed fiddle with coconut body, used in Taiwan opera

Liujiaoxian (六角弦) – two-stringed fiddle with hexagonal body, similar to the jing erhu; used primarily in Taiwan

Tiexianzai (鐵弦仔) – a two-stringed fiddle with metal amplifying horn at the end of its neck, used in Taiwan; also called guchuixian (鼓吹弦)

Hexian (和弦) – large fiddle used primarily among the Hakka of Taiwan

Huluqin (葫芦琴) – two-stringed fiddle with gourd body used by the Naxi of Yunnan

Huluhu (simplified Chinese: 葫芦胡; traditional Chinese: 葫盧胡) – two-stringed fiddle with gourd body used by the Zhuang of Guangxi

Maguhu (simplified Chinese: 马骨胡; traditional Chinese: 馬骨胡; pinyin: mǎgǔhú) – two- stringed fiddle with horse bone body used by the Zhuang and Buyei peoples of southern China

Tuhu (土胡) – two-stringed fiddle used by the Zhuang people of Guangxi

Jiaohu (角胡) – two-stringed fiddle used by the Gelao people of Guangxi, as well as the Miao and Dong

Sihu (四胡) – four-stringed fiddle with strings tuned in pairs

Sanhu (三胡) – 3-stringed erhu with an additional bass string; developed in the 1970s [1]

Zhuihu (simplified Chinese: 坠胡; traditional Chinese: 墜胡) – two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard

Zhuiqin (traditional: 墜琴; simplified: 坠琴) – two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard

Leiqin (雷琴) – two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard

Dihu (低胡) – low pitched two-stringed fiddles in the erhu family, in three sizes:

Xiaodihu (小低胡) – small dihu, tuned one octave below the erhu

Zhongdihu (中低胡) – medium dihu, tuned one octave below the zhonghu

Dadihu (大低胡) – large dihu, tuned two octaves below the erhu

Dahu (大胡) – another name for the xiaodihu

Cizhonghu – another name for the xiaodihu

Gehu (革胡) – four-stringed bass instrument, tuned and played like cello

Diyingehu (低音革胡) – four stringed contrabass instrument, tuned and played like double bass

Laruan (拉阮) – four-stringed bowed instrument modeled on the cello

Paqin (琶琴) – modern bowed instrument

Dapaqin (大琶琴) – bass paqin

Dixianqin (低絃琴)

Niutuiqin or niubatui (牛腿琴 or 牛巴腿) – two-stringed fiddle used by the Dong people of Guizhou

Matouqin (馬頭琴) – (Mongolian: morin khuur) – Mongolian two-stringed "horsehead fiddle"

Xiqin (奚琴) – ancient prototype of huqin family of instruments

Yazheng (simplified: 轧筝; traditional: 軋箏) – bowed zither; also called yaqin (simplified: 轧琴; traditional: 軋琴)

Zhengni (筝尼) – bowed zither; used by the Zhuang people of Guangxi

Aijieke (艾捷克) – four-stringed bowed instrument used in Xinjiang; similar to kamancheh [2]

Sataer (萨它尔) – long-necked bowed lute used in Xinjiang