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唱歌 meaning in English

chànggē

to sing a song

HSK 125 strokes

Meaning of 唱歌

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chànggē
  1. to sing a song

How to use 唱歌

唱歌 is a verb plus object phrase, so 唱 (sing) is the action and 歌 (song) is the thing sung. It is the everyday way to say "to sing" when no specific song is named. Example: 我喜欢唱歌。(Wǒ xǐhuan chànggē.) I like singing.

Both characters point to the voice. 唱 (chàng) has the mouth 口 on the left, and 歌 (gē) ends with 欠, which shows a person with an open mouth, so picture two open mouths singing a song.

Common mistake: Because 唱歌 already contains an object, learners say 唱歌一首中文歌 instead of 唱一首中文歌 (chàng yì shǒu Zhōngwén gē). When you name the song, drop 歌 from 唱歌 and put the new object after 唱.

唱歌 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā们men一yī边biān唱chàng歌gē一yī边biān走zǒu路lù。
They went along the street singing the song.
她tā小xiǎo时shí候hòu唱chàng歌gē唱chàng得de很hěn好hǎo。
She could sing well when she was a child.
我wǒ从cóng来lái没méi有yǒu听tīng过guò她tā唱chàng歌gē。
I have never heard her sing.
我wǒ听tīng到dào她tā在zài她tā的de房fáng间jiān里lǐ唱chàng歌gē。
I heard her singing in her room.
谁shuí是shì你nǐ最zuì喜xǐ欢huān的de女nǚ说shuō唱chàng歌gē手shǒu呀ya？
Who's your favorite female rapper?

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唱 chàng · to sing · 11 strokes

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歌 gē · song · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 唱歌.

歌手gēshǒusinger
演唱yǎnchàngto sing (for an audience); vocal performance
歌声gēshēngsinging voice; fig. original voice of a poet
演唱会yǎnchànghuìvocal recital or concert
歌迷gēmífan of a singer
唱片chàngpiàngramophone record; LP
歌曲gēqǔsong
诗歌shīgēpoem
歌唱gēchàngto sing
歌词gēcísong lyric; lyrics
歌星gēxīngsinging star; famous singer
国歌guógēnational anthem

Questions about 唱歌

What does 唱歌 mean?

唱歌 (chànggē) means "to sing a song".

How do you write 唱歌?

唱歌 is made of 2 characters: 唱 (11 strokes), 歌 (14 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.

Is 唱歌 an HSK word?

Yes. 唱歌 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How do I say "sing karaoke" in Chinese?

People usually say 唱K (chàng K) or 唱卡拉OK (chàng kǎlā OK). You can also say 去KTV唱歌 (qù KTV chànggē), go to a KTV to sing.

Can I split 唱歌 with other words in between?

Yes. Since it is a verb plus object, words can go inside it, as in 唱了一首歌 (chàng le yì shǒu gē), sang a song, or 唱完歌 (chàng wán gē), finished singing.

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