演歌

Chinese

		to develop; to evolve; to practise to develop; to evolve; to practise; to perform; to play; to act	song
simp. and trad. (演歌)		演	歌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 演(えん)歌(か) (enka).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² go¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ián-koa / iàn-gah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnge
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-ko¹
    • Yale: yǎn-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeange
    • Palladius: яньгэ (janʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin² go¹
    • Yale: yín gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin² go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin² go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-koa
    • Tâi-lô: ián-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefnkoaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-gah
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-gah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iern'gaq
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡaʔ³²/

Note: iàn-gah - from Japanese.

Noun

演歌

1. enka (Classifier: 首 m c; 條／条 mn)
   • 2008, 曾俊鴻 (lyrics and music), “單身的演歌”‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:

     感情列車袜到站孤人行　ラジオ在放送一條失戀的演歌 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     感情列车袜到站孤人行　ラジオ在放送一条失恋的演歌 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     kám-chêng lia̍t-chhia bōe kàu-chām ko͘-lâng kiâⁿ, la-lí-o͘h teh hòng-sàng chi̍t tiâu sit-loân ê iàn-gah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The train of affection hasn't arrived at the station yet; I walk alone. The radio is playing a breakup enka.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
演	歌
えん Grade: 5	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 艶歌

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんか [éꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

演(えん)歌(か) • (enka) 

1. Enka, a genre of melodramatic Japanese music.