唱歌

Chinese

		sing; to call loudly; to chant	song
simp. and trad. (唱歌)		唱	歌
anagram		歌唱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chànggē

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³ go¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhong-kô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiùⁿ-koa / chhiòⁿ-koa / chhiò-koa / chhiàng-ko / chhiàuⁿ-koa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang³ go¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànggē
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàngge
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: chàng-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqge
    • Palladius: чангэ (čangɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (唱歌兒／唱歌儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànggēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàngger
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-ko¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: chàng-gēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqge'l
    • Palladius: чангэр (čangɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng³ go¹
    • Yale: cheung gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng³ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³³ kɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong-kô
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong go´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴ go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ ko²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiùⁿ-koa
    • Tâi-lô: tshiùnn-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviuo'koaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ¹¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ²¹⁻⁴¹ kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòⁿ-koa
    • Tâi-lô: tshiònn-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioirkoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-koa
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioirkoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàng-ko
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàng-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiarngkoy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàuⁿ-koa
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàunn-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviao'koaf
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiãu²¹⁻³³ kua³³/

Note: chhiàng-ko - in more formal settings.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciang³ go¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiàng ko
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ko³³/

Verb

唱歌

1. to sing (songs)
2. (Canada) to partake in a citizenship ceremony

Synonyms

• 歌唱 (gēchàng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
唱	歌
しょう Grade: 4	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

唱(しょう)歌(か) • (shōka) 

1. singing, songs
2. (historical) the school subject of music; or, a song produced for it

   「鉄道(てつどう)唱歌(しょうか)」

   “Tetsudō Shōka”

   "Railway Song"

Derived terms

• 愛唱歌(あいしょうか) (aishōka): (one's) favorite song

Verb

唱(しょう)歌(か)する • (shōka suru) suru (stem 唱(しょう)歌(か)し (shōka shi), past 唱(しょう)歌(か)した (shōka shita))

1. sing

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.