唱 chàng

1. chàng verb to sing; to chant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
   Notes: As in 唱歌 (ABC 'chàng' 唱 v, p. 91; Guoyu '唱' v 1; Unihan '唱'; Kroll 2015 '唱' 2, p. 43; Mathews 1931 '唱', p. 23; NCCED '唱' 1, p. 184)
2. chàng verb to call
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 呼叫; for example, 唱票 'call names from a ballot' (ABC 'chàng' 唱 bf 1, p. 91; Guoyu '唱' v 2; NCCED '唱' 2, p. 184; Unihan '唱')
3. chàng verb to advocate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 倡導; also written as 倡 (Guoyu '唱' v 3)
4. chàng noun a song
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 歌曲 (ABC 'chàng' 唱 bf 2, p. 91; Guoyu '唱' n; NCCED '唱' 3, p. 184)
5. chàng noun lead singer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '唱' 1, p. 43)
6. chàng verb to lead
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '唱' 1a, p. 43)
7. chàng verb to play an instrument
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '唱' 2a, p. 43)
8. chàng verb to praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '唱' 3, p. 43)
9. chàng verb a bowl shaped copper bell
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '唱' 4, p. 43)

Contained in

• 灌唱片 to make a record
• 引唱人 cantor
• 绝唱(絕唱) a perfect song
• 唱对台戏(唱對臺戲) to put on a rival show; to set oneself up against somebody; to get into confrontation
• 高唱 to sing loudly; fig. to mouth slogans
• 唱名 solfege ; to call names
• 传唱(傳唱) to pass on a song
• 唱腔 vocal music (in opera); aria
• 电唱头(電唱頭) pickup (of a record player)
• 唱言 to call loudly; to chant
• 唱片 gramophone record; LP
• 唱曲 to sing a song
• 翻唱 cover song; to cover a song
• 弹唱(彈唱) to sing and play (a plucked string instrument)
• 吟唱 to chant; to recite
• 唱红脸(唱紅臉) to play the role of the hero ; to play the good cop
• 二重唱 duet
• 陪唱小姐 KTV hostess
• 小唱 a short song; a tune
• 唱念 to recite loudly; to sing out
• 自动点唱机(自動點唱機) jukebox; nickelodeon
• 一唱一和 to echo one another
• 假唱 to lip-sync (singing)
• 唱喏 to answer respectfully yes ; to bow and utter polite phrases
• 独唱(獨唱) (in singing) solo; to solo
• 唱双簧(唱雙簧) to sing a duet; to collaborate with somebody; also used satirically: to play second fiddle to
• 樵唱 a woodcutter's song
• 彼唱此和 to chorus somebody else's lead; to chime in in agreement
• 歌唱赛(歌唱賽) song contest
• 伴唱 vocal accompaniment; to accompany a singer; to support of; to echo; to chime in with
• 一唱百和 one leads and a hundred follow
• 假戏真唱(假戲真唱) fiction comes true; play-acting that turns into reality
• 夫唱妇随(夫唱婦隨) the man sings and the woman follows; marital harmony
• 唱反调(唱反調) to express a different view; to take a different position
• 轮唱(輪唱) round ; canon
• 唱头(唱頭) pickup (carrying gramophone needle)
• 哼唱 to hum; to croon
• 唱梆子 Northern style singing performance
• 唱票 to call names from a ballot
• 对唱(對唱) in duet; answering phrase; antiphonal answer
• 唱戏(唱戲) to perform in opera
• 浅斟低唱(淺斟低唱) to pour tea and wine, chanting in a low voice
• 唱功 singing skill
• 酬唱 to thank with a verse in reply
• 拟声唱法(擬聲唱法) scat singing
• 唱衰 to express pessimistic views about
• 唱空城计(唱空城計) to sing “The Empty City Stratagem”; to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness; (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
• 唱黑脸(唱黑臉) to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc)
• 唱高调(唱高調) to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)

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• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 53
• 卷七十六　志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 24
• 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 卷七十一　志第二十二: 　禮樂五 Volume 71 Treatises 24: Rites and Music 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 16
• 卷五十三 志第二十九 禮七 Volume 53 Treatises 29: Rites 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
• 第四十二回 Chapter 42 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 14
• 卷四十八 志第二十四 禮二 Volume 48 Treatises 24: Rites 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
• 卷五十六 志第三十二 禮十 Volume 56 Treatises 32: Rites 10 History of Ming 明史 — count: 11
• 卷十九　　　　　志第九　　　　禮樂九 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Rites and Music 9 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 11
• 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10

Collocations

• 唱义 (唱義) 通布衣唱義 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十五 李王鄧來列傳 Volume 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, Lai — count: 24
• 首唱 (首唱) 謂首唱也 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 6
• 先唱 (先唱) 不為先唱 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 6
• 一唱 (一唱) 一唱而三歎 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 5
• 人唱 (人唱) 然一人唱而天下應之者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 4
• 唱善 (唱善) 堂上唱善 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler — count: 4
• 唱蚀 (唱蝕) 到四唱蝕既 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 — count: 3
• 唱云 (唱雲) 唱云 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十九 列傳第二十九 汝南王亮 楚王瑋 趙王倫 齊王冏 長沙王乂 成都王潁 河間王顒 東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai — count: 3
• 民唱 (民唱) 今大奸作則俗之民唱 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 3
• 等唱 (等唱) 優人雲午等唱曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 3