弦歌

Chinese

		bow string; string of mus. instr.	song
trad. (弦歌/絃歌)		弦/絃	歌
simp. (弦歌)		弦	歌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiángē

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ go¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiángē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánge
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-ko¹
    • Yale: syán-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyange
    • Palladius: сяньгэ (sjanʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ go¹
    • Yale: yìhn gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ kɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

弦歌

1. to sing to the accompaniment of zithers (such as the qin or the se); (figuratively) to sing
2. to educate and civilize (the masses) with rites and music); (figuratively) to educate

Noun

弦歌

1. the sound of singing and zithers; (figuratively) music
2. the sound of reading; (figuratively) education

Synonyms

• (music):

• 樂／乐 (literary, or in compounds)
• 音樂／音乐 (yīnyuè)
• 音聲／音声 (yīnshēng) (literary)

 

• (education): 教育 (jiàoyù)

Derived terms

• 弦歌不輟／弦歌不辍
• 武城弦歌

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弦歌):

• → Japanese: 弦(げん)歌(か) (genka)
• → Korean: 현가(弦歌) (hyeon'ga)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弦	歌
げん Grade: S	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

弦(げん)歌(か) • (genka) 

1. string music, music played on string instruments