頌歌

See also: 颂歌

Chinese

		to praise	song
trad. (頌歌)		頌	歌
simp. (颂歌)		颂	歌
anagram		歌頌／歌颂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sònggē

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ go¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-koa / siòng-koa / siōng-ko / siòng-ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sònggē
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sòngge
    • Wade–Giles: sung⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: sùng-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonqge
    • Palladius: сунгэ (sungɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶ go¹
    • Yale: juhng gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² kɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-koa
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kua³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siòng-koa
    • Tâi-lô: siòng-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorngkoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ko
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkoy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siòng-ko
    • Tâi-lô: siòng-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorngkoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

Noun

頌歌

1. song; ode; carol

Derived terms

• 聖誕頌歌／圣诞颂歌 (shèngdàn sònggē)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頌歌):

• → Japanese: 頌(しょう)歌(か) (shōka)
• → Korean: 송가(頌歌) (songga)
• → Vietnamese: tụng ca (頌歌)

See also

• (not to be confused with) 歌頌／歌颂 (gēsòng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頌	歌
しょう Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 頌歌／颂歌 (zjowng^H ka, literally “praise + song”). Compare modern Mandarin 頌歌／颂歌 (sònggē, “carol”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーか [shóꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːka̠]

Noun

頌(しょう)歌(か) • (shōka) 

1. an ode, an anthem, a hymn: a song of praise

Synonyms

• オード (ōdo)