歌仔戲

See also: 歌仔戏 and 歌仔戯

Chinese

		song; folk song, especially a Hokkien ballad	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (歌仔戲)		歌仔	戲
simp. (歌仔戏)		歌仔	戏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēzǎixì, gēzǐxì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧˋ, ㄍㄜㄗˇ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ zai² hei³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôa-è-hi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koa-á-hì / koai-á-hì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēzǎixì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gezǎisì
  - Wade–Giles: ko¹-tsai³-hsi⁴
  - Yale: gē-dzǎi-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getzaeshih
  - Palladius: гэцзайси (gɛczajsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēzǐxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄗˇ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gezǐhsì
  - Wade–Giles: ko¹-tzŭ³-hsi⁴
  - Yale: gē-dž-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getzyyshih
  - Palladius: гэцзыси (gɛczysi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: go¹ zai² hei³
  - Yale: gō jái hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ dzai² hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: go¹ zei² héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ hei̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôa-è-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˊ e^ˇ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gua¹ e² hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯a²⁴ e¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-á-hì
  - Tâi-lô: kua-á-hì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koa'afhix
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi¹¹/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Lukang): /kua³³ a⁵⁵⁻³⁵ hi³¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koai-á-hì
  - Tâi-lô: kuai-á-hì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koai'afhix
  - IPA (Kinmen): /kuai⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻²⁴ hi¹²/

Noun

歌仔戲

Taiwanese opera
- 阿公欲看MTV，阿媽欲看歌仔戲 [Hokkien, trad.]
  阿公欲看MTV，阿妈欲看歌仔戏 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2009, 阿公阿嬷的故事, Dancing Queen, Alice Ong (王汶玲)
  a-kong beh khòaⁿ MTV, a-má beh khòaⁿ koa-á-hì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Grandpa wants to watch MTV, while Grandma wants to watch Taiwanese opera

Synonyms

薌劇／芗剧 (xiāngjù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歌仔戲):

→ Japanese: 歌(か)仔(し)戯(ぎ) (kashigi)
→ Korean: 가자희(歌仔戲) (gajahui)

References

“歌仔戲”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.