Chinese Notes

歌 gē

gē noun song; lyrics
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '歌'; Guoyu '歌' n 1; Kroll 2015 '歌' 2, p. 130; Unihan '歌')
gē noun song verse
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As a genre of poetry, as in 子夜歌 Midnight Songs (Guoyu '歌' n 2)
gē verb to sing; to chant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: In the sense of 唱 (Guoyu '歌' v 1; Kroll 2015 '歌' 1, p. 130; Unihan '歌')
gē verb to praise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 颂扬 (Guoyu '歌' v 2; Kroll 2015 '歌' 1b, p. 130; Unihan '歌')
gē verb to call out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歌' 1a, p. 130)

Contained in

颂歌(頌歌) a carol ; to sing in praise
歌唱赛(歌唱賽) song contest
和歌 waka
短歌 ballad
慷慨悲歌 indignant and tragic song
渔歌(漁歌) fishing song
歌罗西书(歌羅西書) Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians
哀歌 mournful song; dirge; elegy
歌谣(歌謠) folksong; ballad; nursery rhyme
雅歌 part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经; a song; a poem set to elegant music; a refined chant
歌舞剧(歌舞劇) a musical play
悲歌 sad melody; elegy; dirge
虞歌决别(虞歌決別) Song for Farewell to My Concubine
歌女 a female singer
载歌且舞(載歌且舞) singing and dancing; festive celebrations
歌舞团(歌舞團) song and dance troupe
相和歌 xianghege
歌台 getai
对歌(對歌) answering phrase of duet; to sing antiphonal answer
晨歌 morning chorus (birdsong)
歌功颂德(歌功頌德) to sing praises or somebody's merit
歌舞场(歌舞場) a musical theater [place]
圣歌(聖歌) hymn
国歌(國歌) national anthem
引吭高歌 to sign at the top of one's voice
樵歌 a woodcutter's song ; A Woodcutter's Song
歌筵 a feast which also has a singing performance
欧歌鸫(歐歌鶇) song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
歌喉(歌睺) a singing voice
芭乐歌(芭樂歌) ballad ; mainstream song
歌词(歌詞) lyrics
喜歌剧院(喜歌劇院) musical theater; Opéra Comique, Paris
山歌 folk song; mountain song
乐歌(樂歌) music and songs
歌吟 to sing; to recite
歌坛(歌壇) singing stage; music business (especially pop music)
能歌善舞 a person of many talents
櫂歌 singing a song while rowing a boat
黑胸歌鸲(黑胸歌鴝) white-tailed rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis)
夯歌 rammers' work chant
輓歌 elegy
歌曲 song
斗牛士之歌(鬥牛士之歌) Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen
连歌(連歌) renga
高歌猛进(高歌猛進) to advance singing loudly; triumphant progress
讴歌(謳歌) to celebrate in song; to eulogize

Also contained in

诗歌、长恨歌传、五子之歌、歌诗达邮轮、谷歌

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Truncated for common words

卷十一志第三樂 Volume 11 Treatises 3: Music Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 138
卷二十志第十樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 120
卷十九志第九樂一 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Music 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 119
卷15　志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 97
卷二十九志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 69
卷二百〇六志第一百五十九藝文五 Volume 206 Treatises 159: Arts and Literature 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 67
卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 59
卷14　志第9　音樂中 Volume 14 Treatises 9: Music 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 53
卷一百三十志第八十三樂五 Volume 130 Treatises 83: Music 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 52
卷二十三志第十三樂下 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Music Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 48

Collocations

升歌 (升歌) 奠酬而工升歌 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 9
歌曰 (歌曰) 乃歌曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 7
歌讴 (歌謳) 欲學歌謳者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六　說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 5
宜歌 (宜歌) 疏達而信者宜歌大雅 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 5
歌三 (歌三) 升歌三終 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《鄉飲酒義》 The Meaning of the Drinking Festivity in the Districts — count: 4
人歌 (人歌) 萊人歌之曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
商歌 (商歌) 甯戚商歌車下 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 4
作歌 (作歌) 君子作歌 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧四月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Si Yue — count: 4
式歌 (式歌) 式歌且舞 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧車舝 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Che Xia — count: 3
歌哭 (歌哭) 歌哭而請 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 3