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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
song (CL:,) / (bound form) to sing
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唱* | 唱* | *唱
to sing / to call loudly / to chant
HSK 1
to sing a song
HSK 1
to sing (for an audience) / vocal performance
HSK 3
to sing
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捧* | 捧* | *捧
to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands
HSK 7-9
to sing the praises of / to extol / to eulogize
HSK 7-9
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
to sing
HSK 7-9
to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of
HSK 7-9
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咏* | 咏* | *咏
to sing
to sing the praises of sb
to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song
to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
to sing and play (plucked string instrument)
to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報|星岛日报
to sing in unison
can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents
to sing opera arias without staging, costume or makeup / to sing a cappella
to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
to sing for a living
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讴* | 讴* | *讴
to sing / ballad / folk song
to sing and dance / general term for a round dance
a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
to sing loudly / fig. to mouth slogans
fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啭* | 啭* | *啭
to sing (of birds or insects) / to warble / to chirp / to twitter
the warbler sings and the swallow dances / prosperity abounds (idiom)
(used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
to acclaim / to sing the praises of
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哢* | 哢* | *哢
to sing or chirp (of birds) / music sound
to sing / to recite
lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of
(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version) / singer who performs the original version of a song
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular / translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
Sing Pao Daily News
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony
to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn sheet
tone deaf / unable to sing in tune
to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet
off-key singing voice / sb who sings off-key
to carry sb in a sedan chair / flatter / sing praises
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
to recite / to sing (of poetry)
(slang) to sing karaoke
to sing a song
lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
lit. to sing a duet / fig. to collaborate with sb / also used satirically: to play second fiddle to
to sing instead of weep (idiom)
Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong newspaper
(music) the highest note one can sing in a natural (non-falsetto) voice


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