長調

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (長調)		長	調
simp. (长调)		长	调

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángdiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ diu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángdiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángdiào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-tiao⁴
    • Yale: cháng-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngdiaw
    • Palladius: чандяо (čandjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángdiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángdiàor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-tiao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: cháng-dyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngdiawl
    • Palladius: чандяор (čandjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ diu⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng diuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ diu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ diu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tiːu̯²²/

Noun

長調

1. (literature) long ci (a form of poetry)
2. (music) long song (a kind of traditional Mongolian music)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	調
ちょう Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょーちょー [chóꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

長(ちょう)調(ちょう) • (chōchō) 

1. (music) major key

Antonyms

• 短調(たんちょう) (tanchō, “minor key”)