倡 chàng

1. chàng verb to lead
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 领导 (Guoyu '倡' chàng v 1; Mathews 1931 '倡', p. 22; Unihan '倡')
2. chàng noun a guide; a leader; a lead performer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '倡' chàng a, p. 41; Mathews 1931 '倡', p. 22; Unihan '倡')
3. chàng verb to advocate; to introduce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '倡' chàng 2a, p. 41; Mathews 1931 '倡', p. 22; Unihan '倡')
4. chāng noun a performer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A musical performer or dancer; as in 倡优 (Guoyu '倡' chāng n 1; Kroll 2015 '倡' chāng 1, p. 41)
5. chāng noun a prostitute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 娼妓; as a variant of 娼 (Guoyu '倡' chāng n 2)
6. chāng adjective egotistical; arrogant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 狂妄 (Guoyu '倡' chāng adj)

Contained in

• 倡言 to speak first ; to propose; to put forward (an idea); to initiate
• 倡导(倡導) to advocate; to initiate; to propose
• 倡言者 proposer
• 一倡三叹(一倡三歎) deeply moving
• 反腐倡廉 to fight corruption and advocate probity
• 倡始 to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to initiate ; to initiate
• 提倡 to promote; to advocate
• 首倡 to initiate
• 一倡百和 one leads and a hundred follow
• 倡议(倡議) to suggest; to propose
• 倡导者(倡導者) proponent; advocate; pioneer
• 倡优(倡優) a performer
• 夫倡妇随(夫倡婦隨) the husband leads and the wife follows
• 昔为倡家女(昔為倡家女) once she was a dancing-house girl
• 倡家 brothel
• 倡随(倡隨) leader and follower
• 倡家女 a female singer
• 倡议书(倡議書) written proposal; document outlining an initiative
• 倡狂 savage; furious
• 倡义(倡義) to initiate; to inaugurate
• 倡仪(倡儀) initiative; to initiate; to propose (a new course of action)
• 提倡者 proponent; advocate; pioneer
• 民倡 a leader of the people
• 作倡 to perform; to act; to play a musical instrument
• 首倡义举(首倡義舉) to initiate; to inaugurate
• 倡率 to lead
• 倡乱(倡亂) to lead a rebellion
• 彼倡此和 to chorus somebody else's lead; to chime in in agreement

Also contained in

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百〇三　志第五十一:　刑法二 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Punishment and Law 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 8
• 卷二百五十一 列傳第一百三十九 李標 劉鴻訓 錢龍錫 成基命 何如寵 徐光啟 文震孟 蔣德璟 方岳貢 Volume 251 Biographies 139: Li Biao, Liu Hongxun, Qian Longxi, Cheng Jiming, He Ruchong, Xu Guangqi, Wen Zhenmeng, Jiang Dejing, Fang Yuegong History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
• 卷二十二 禮樂志 Volume 22: Treatise on Rites and Music Book of Han 漢書 — count: 7
• 卷四百二十八 列傳第一百八十七 道學二 程氏門人 劉絢 李籲 謝良佐 游酢 張繹 蘇昞 尹焞 楊時 羅從彥 李侗 Volume 428 Biographies 187: Taoist Scholars 2 - Cheng Shimenren, Liu Xuan, Li Yu, Xie Liangzuo, You Cu, Zhang Yi, Su Bing, Yin Tun, Yang Shi, Luo Congyan, Li Tong History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 5
• 卷十九 志第九 樂一 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Music 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
• 卷一百〇五　志第五十三:　刑法四 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Punishment and Law 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
• 卷二百八十三 列傳第一百七十一 儒林二 Volume 283 Biographies 171: Confucian Scholars 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
• 卷七　秦五 Chapter 7: Qin V Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4

Collocations

• 倡乐 (倡樂) 上使樂府幸假之倡樂 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 4 — count: 8
• 优倡 (優倡) 則優倡侏儒起而議國事矣 — Guanzi 管子, 立政九敗解第六十五 Chapter 65: Explanation of the Nine Reasons for Failing Establish Governance — count: 6
• 秦倡 (秦倡) 秦倡侏儒也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《滑稽列傳》 Biographies of Jesters — count: 4
• 先倡 (先倡) 不為物先倡 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四　詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 4
• 令倡 (令倡) 令倡俳臝戲坐中以為樂 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十三 景十三王傳 Volume 53: The thirteen sons of Emperor Jing — count: 3
• 倡女 (倡女) 兩倡女對舞 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two — count: 3
• 倡侏儒 (倡侏儒) 則優倡侏儒起而議國事矣 — Guanzi 管子, 立政九敗解第六十五 Chapter 65: Explanation of the Nine Reasons for Failing Establish Governance — count: 3
• 两倡 (兩倡) 兩倡女對舞 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two — count: 3
• 一倡 (一倡) 清廟之歌一倡而三嘆 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《書‧禮書》 Treatises - Rites — count: 3
• 俳倡 (俳倡) 詼笑類俳倡 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十一 賈鄒枚路傳 Volume 51: Jia, Zou, Mei and Lu — count: 3