Mandopop

English

Etymology

Blend of Mandarin +‎ pop

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

Mandopop (uncountable)

1. (music, uncountable) Mandarin popular music.
   • 2024 January 20, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “An Asian megastar who fills arenas in Europe–so who is he?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 14:

     Last year, Mandopop streams went up 45 per cent on Spotify, which is unavailable in China.

Synonyms

• M-pop
• Mandarin pop
• Mando

Translations

Mandarin pop music

• Arabic: مَانْدُوبُوب m (mandubūb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 華語流行音樂／华语流行音乐 (Huáyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè), 國語流行音樂／国语流行音乐 (Guóyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè), 普通話歌曲／普通话歌曲 (Pǔtōnghuà gēqǔ)

• French: mandopop (fr) f
• German: Mandopop m
• Hungarian: mandopop
• Indonesian: Pop Mandarin
• Italian: mandopop m
• Japanese: 中華ポップ (Chūka-poppu), 中華ポップス (Chūka-poppusu), マンドポップ (mandopoppu)
• Korean: 만도팝 (mandopap)
• Norwegian: mandopop
• Russian: мандопо́п m (mandopóp), мандари́н-поп m (mandarín-pop), кита́йский поп m (kitájskij pop)

See also

• Cantopop
• J-pop
• K-pop
• C-pop
• HK-pop
• T-pop
• V-pop