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歌

gē

HSK 2 Character Measure word 首、支

What 歌 means

1. song
2. bound formto sing

Other readings

歌 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gēvariant of {歌|gē}

Example sentences

• 请唱歌。
  Please sing.
• 鸟儿歌唱。
  The birds sang.
• 情歌感动我。
  Qínggē gǎndòng wǒ.
  Love songs move me.
• 请唱一首歌。
  Please sing a song.
• 我想唱个歌。
  I want to sing a song.
• 珍将唱歌吗？
  Will Jane sing?

Words starting with 歌

• 歌颂gē sòngto sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogize
• 歌曲gē qǔsong
• 歌手gē shǒusinger
• 歌声gē shēngsinging voice; fig. original voice of a poet
• 歌词gē císong lyric; lyrics
• 歌唱gē chàngto sing
• 歌迷gē mífan of a singer
• 歌剧gē jùWestern opera
• 歌舞gē wǔsinging and dancing
• 歌星gē xīngsinging star; famous singer
• 歌坛gē tánsinging stage; music business (esp. pop music)
• 歌德gē déto sing the praises of sb
• 歌厅gē tīngkaraoke hall; singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs)
• 歌剧院gē jù yuànopera house
• 歌谣gē yáofolksong; ballad; nursery rhyme
• 歌唱家gē chàng jiāsinger
• 歌喉gē hóusinging voice
• 歌咏gē yǒngto sing
• 歌舞团gē wǔ tuánsong and dance troupe
• 歌舞伎gē wǔ jìkabuki
• 歌舞升平gē wǔ shēng píng(lit.) to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)…
• 歌功颂德gē gōng sòng déto sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
• 歌女gē nǚfemale singer (archaic)
• 歌儿gē rsong

Words containing 歌

• 唱歌chàng gēto sing a song
• 诗歌shī gēpoem
• 民歌mín gēfolk song
• 情歌qíng gēlove song
• 儿歌ér gēnursery rhyme
• 国歌guó gēnational anthem
• 凯歌kǎi gētriumphal hymn; victory song; paean
• 主题歌zhǔ tí gētheme song
• 高歌gāo gēto sing loudly; to lift one's voice in song
• 山歌shān gēfolk song; mountain song
• 陈凯歌Chén Kǎi gēChen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
• 对歌duì gēanswering phrase of duet; to sing antiphonal answer
• 国际歌Guó jì gēThe Internationale
• 悲歌bēi gēto sing with solemn fervor; sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
• 载歌载舞zài gē zài wǔsinging and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations
• 恋歌liàn gēlove song
• 颂歌sòng gēcarol
• 秧歌yāng geYangge, a popular rural folk dance
• 讴歌ōu gē(literary) to celebrate in song; to eulogize
• 挽歌wǎn gēa dirge; an elegy
• 军歌jūn gēmilitary song
• 可歌可泣kě gē kě qìlit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad…
• 笙歌shēng gēmusic and song (formal writing)
• 能歌善舞néng gē shàn wǔcan sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents

Characters that look like 歌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 歇xiēto rest; to take a break; to stop
• 戮lùto peel with a knife; old variant of 戮
• 毂gūused in 毂辘

Sounds the same

Read gē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哥elder brother
• 胳armpit
• 割to cut; to cut apart
• 鸽pigeon; dove
• 搁to place; to put aside; to shelve
• 疙used in 疙瘩
• 戈dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞; (Taiwan) abbr. for 戈雷
• 咯(phonetic)
• 格used in 格登; used in 格格
• 纥knot
• 仡used in 仡佬族; Taiwan pr. qì
• 圪(phonetic)