歌頌

See also: 歌颂

Chinese

		song	to praise
trad. (歌頌)		歌	頌
simp. (歌颂)		歌	颂
alternative forms		歌訟／歌讼
anagram		頌歌／颂歌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēsòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄙㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ zung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-siung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ko-siōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): go¹ song⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēsòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gesòng
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-sung⁴
    • Yale: gē-sùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gesonq
    • Palladius: гэсун (gɛsun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ zung⁶
    • Yale: gō juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-siung
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ xiung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ xiung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯uŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: ko-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koisiong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: go¹ song⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ko sŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³⁻²³ soŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ka zjowngH

Rime
Character	歌	頌
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古俄切	似用切
Baxter	ka	zjowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑ/	/zɨoŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑ/	/zioŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑ/	/zioŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ka/	/zuawŋH/
Li Rong	/kɑ/	/zioŋH/
Wang Li	/kɑ/	/zĭwoŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑ/	/zi̯woŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gē	sòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	go1	zung6

Verb

歌頌

1. (transitive) to extol; to praise (often in the form of singing or chanting)

Synonyms

• (chiefly mainland China) 歌唱 (gēchàng)
• 謳歌／讴歌 (ōugē)