凱歌

See also: 凯歌

Chinese

		triumphant; victorious	song
trad. (凱歌)		凱	歌
simp. (凯歌)		凯	歌
alternative forms		愷歌／恺歌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎigē

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² go¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khói-kô
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kai² go¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎigē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎige
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai³-ko¹
    • Yale: kǎi-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaege
    • Palladius: кайгэ (kajgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² go¹
    • Yale: hói gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khói-kô
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi` go´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi³ go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯³¹ ko²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kai² go¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khái ko
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ ko³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khojX ka

Rime
Character	凱	歌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦亥切	古俄切
Baxter	khojX	ka
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌiX/	/kɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəiX/	/kɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒiX/	/kɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəjX/	/ka/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀiX/	/kɑ/
Wang Li	/kʰɒiX/	/kɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆iX/	/kɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎi	gē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi2	go1

Noun

凱歌

1. song of triumph; paean

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凱	歌
がい Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 凱歌 (MC khojX ka).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) が​いか [gáꜜìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ika̠]

Noun

凱(がい)歌(か) • (gaika) ^{←がいか (gaika)?}

1. (literary) song of triumph; paean