吹竽手 chuīyúshǒu yu player Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吹 chuī verb to play to play a wind instrument; (archaic) variant pronunciation used in certain terms like 鼓吹 gǔchuì竽 yú yu an ancient free-reed wind instrument similar to the 笙 shēng but larger, traditionally having 36 or 23 reeds手 shǒu nounaffix agent a person specializing in a field or engaged in a specific activity