短歌

Chinese

		lack; short	song
simp. and trad. (短歌)		短	歌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎngē

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎngē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnge
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-ko¹
    • Yale: dwǎn-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doange
    • Palladius: дуаньгэ (duanʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

短歌

1. ballad
2. (Japanese) tanka

Japanese

Kanji in this term
短	歌
たん Grade: 3	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​んか [táꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

短(たん)歌(か) • (tanka) 

1. tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

Related terms

• 長歌(ちょうか) (chōka)
• 俳句(はいく) (haiku)