ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.
Listen "Oceanic Lutes"
Episode Synopsis
When looking for the names of various instruments in Chinese, as you do, I came across 洋琵琶 (yángpípá) for mandolin. 洋 (yáng) means ocean, sea, foreign or western, and the 琵琶 (pípá) is a traditional Chinese string instrument described by the MDBG Chinese dictionary as a ‘guitar-like instrument’. So it’s a ‘foreign pipa’ in Chinese […]
More episodes of the podcast Omniglot Blog
Quick Brown Foxes
30/12/2025
Beware your shoes!
25/12/2025
Godfathering
18/12/2025
No Fierce Action
05/12/2025
China Adventures
29/11/2025
Language Quiz
23/11/2025
A Complete Canard!
21/11/2025
Language Quiz
16/11/2025
Better Safe than Sorry
13/11/2025
In God we trust