弦歌

Chinese

		bow string; string of mus. instr.	song
trad. (弦歌/絃歌)		弦/絃	歌
simp. (弦歌)		弦	歌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiángē

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ go¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiángē
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siánge
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-ko¹
  - Yale: syán-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyange
  - Palladius: сяньгэ (sjanʹgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ go¹
  - Yale: yìhn gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ kɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

弦歌

to sing to the accompaniment of zithers (such as the qin or the se); (figuratively) to sing
to educate and civilize (the masses) with rites and music); (figuratively) to educate

Noun

弦歌

the sound of singing and zithers; (figuratively) music
the sound of reading; (figuratively) education

Synonyms

(music):

樂 / 乐 (literary, or in compounds)
音樂 / 音乐 (yīnyuè)
音聲 / 音声 (yīnshēng) (literary)

(education): 教育 (jiàoyù)

Derived terms

弦歌不輟 / 弦歌不辍
武城弦歌

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弦歌):

→ Japanese: 弦(げん)歌(か) (genka)
→ Korean: 현가(弦歌) (hyeon'ga)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弦	歌
げん Grade: S	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

弦(げん)歌(か) • (genka)

string music, music played on string instruments