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to sing a song
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
song (CL:,) / (bound form) to sing
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *謌* | 謌* | *謌
variant of
HSK 1
singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
HSK 3
singer
HSK 3
fan of a singer
HSK 3
song
HSK 5
poem / CL: , ,
HSK 5
song lyric / lyrics
HSK 6
to sing
HSK 6
folk song / CL: ,
HSK 6
singing star / famous singer
HSK 6
national anthem
HSK 6
Western opera / CL: 場|场, 齣|出
HSK 7-9
theme song
HSK 7-9
to sing the praises of / to extol / to eulogize
HSK 7-9
triumphal hymn; victory song; paean
HSK 7-9
singing and dancing
HSK 7-9
to sing
HSK 7-9
Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
HSK 7-9
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
(sad) farewell song
karaoke (slang)
Google, Internet company and search engine
Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
(bird species of China) firethroat (Calliope pectardens)
love song
nursery rhyme
school song
love song
oldie (song)
to sing / to recite
folksong / ballad / nursery rhyme
playlist / song sheet
Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
waka (style of Japanese poetry)
kabuki
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
chorus / refrain
the warbler sings and the swallow dances / prosperity abounds (idiom)
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
carol
part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon
lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom) / fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity
The Internationale
female singer (archaic)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet and dramatist
to sing the praises of sb
song and dance troupe
hymn
mournful song / dirge / elegy
singing stage / music business (esp. pop music)
rammers' work chant
morning chorus (birdsong)
bubblegum pop song / cover song
Acura (Honda car model)
(literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize
singing voice
Yangge opera, a rural form of theater
Wakayama prefecture in central Japan
song
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
singer
shepherd's song / pastoral
lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
opera house
Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝 / Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan
to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song
can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents
music and song (formal writing)
to sing and dance / general term for a round dance
to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
a dirge / an elegy
enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)
diva; famous or accomplished female singer
ballad
renga
Goliath
Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians
Colossia
Costa Cruises (brand)
karaoke hall / singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs)
Wakayama prefecture in central Japan
Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
folk singer
(bird species of China) Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope)
(bird species of China) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)
song
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
boisterous live show held during the Ghost Festival 中元節|中元节 in Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia
(bird species of China) Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
musical theater / Opéra Comique, Paris
(bird species of China) Chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis)
folk song / mountain song
to yodel

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