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

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