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  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
song (CL:,) / (bound form) to sing
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
variant of
HSK 1
to sing a song
HSK 1
singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
HSK 3
fan of a singer
HSK 3
singer
HSK 3
song
HSK 5
poem / CL: , ,
HSK 5
to sing
HSK 6
folk song / CL: ,
HSK 6
national anthem
HSK 6
song lyric / lyrics
HSK 6
singing star / famous singer
HSK 6
Western opera / CL: 場|场, 齣|出
HSK 7-9
singing and dancing
HSK 7-9
to sing the praises of / to extol / to eulogize
HSK 7-9
Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
HSK 7-9
to sing
HSK 7-9
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
theme song
HSK 7-9
triumphal hymn; victory song; paean
HSK 7-9
school song
Google, Internet company and search engine
The Internationale
song
variant of 谷歌
Acura (Honda car model)
(literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize
oldie (song)
singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet and dramatist
to sing the praises of sb
the Lamentations of Jeremiah
(bird species of China) Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori)
folksong / ballad / nursery rhyme
(bird species of China) common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
shepherd's song / pastoral
Yangge opera, a rural form of theater
to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song
nursery rhyme
love song
to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
carol
mournful song / dirge / elegy
hymn
love song
Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝 / Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan
diva; famous or accomplished female singer
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
female singer
can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents
singing stage / music business (esp. pop music)
folk song / mountain song
to request a song to be played / to pick a karaoke song
karaoke hall / singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs)
boisterous live show held during the Ghost Festival 中元節|中元节 in Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia
to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
rammers' work chant
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
music and song (formal writing)
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
to sing and dance / general term for a round dance
Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
the warbler sings and the swallow dances / prosperity abounds (idiom)
type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom)
lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
to sing / to recite
Goliath
Wakayama prefecture in central Japan
waka (style of Japanese poetry)
enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)
ballad
(sad) farewell song
playlist / song sheet
kabuki
renga
chorus / refrain
singer
Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians
(bird species of China) Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea)
lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom) / fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity
Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
morning chorus (birdsong)
opera house
(bird species of China) redwing (Turdus iliacus)
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
bubblegum pop song / cover song
song and dance troupe
Wakayama prefecture in central Japan
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
folk singer
Colossia
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
song
song contest
(bird species of China) Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope)

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