See also: 歌声

Chinese edit

song
 
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds)
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (歌聲)
simp. (歌声)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (26)
Final () (94) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter ka syeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑ/ /ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑ/ /ɕiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑ/ /ɕiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ka/ /ɕiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/kɑ/ /ɕiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/kɑ/ /ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑ/ /ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
go1 sing1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ka › ‹ syeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁaj/ /*[l̥]eŋ/
English sing, song sound (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7438 10514
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːl/ /*qʰjeŋ/

Noun edit

歌聲

  1. sound of singing; singing voice
    歌聲好聽完全征服 [MSC, trad.]
    歌声好听完全征服 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de gēshēng tài hǎotīng le, wǒ wánquán bèi tā zhēngfú le. [Pinyin]
    His singing voice captivated me.
  2. voice of a poet

Synonyms edit

  • (singing voice): 歌喉 (gēhóu)