歌聲

See also: 歌声

Chinese

		song	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (歌聲)		歌	聲
simp. (歌声)		歌	声

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ sing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-sâng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koa-siaⁿ / ko-siaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): go¹ sian¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gesheng
  - Wade–Giles: ko¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: gē-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gesheng
  - Palladius: гэшэн (gɛšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: go¹ sing¹
  - Yale: gō sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: go¹ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    歌星
    歌聲 / 歌声
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ sang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-siaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kua-siann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koasviaf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-siaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ko-siann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koisviaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: go¹ sian¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ko siaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³⁻²³ sĩã³³/

Middle Chinese: ka syeng

Rime
Character	歌	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古俄切	書盈切
Baxter	ka	syeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑ/	/ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑ/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑ/	/ɕiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ka/	/ɕiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kɑ/	/ɕiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kɑ/	/ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑ/	/ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gē	shēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	go¹	sing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤaj [l̥]eŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kaːl qʰjeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歌	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gē	shēng
Middle Chinese	‹ ka ›	‹ syeng ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁaj/	/*[l̥]eŋ/
English	sing, song	sound (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歌	聲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7438	10514
Phonetic component	可	殸
Rime group	歌	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	歌	聲
Old Chinese	/*kaːl/	/*qʰjeŋ/

Noun

歌聲

sound of singing; singing voice
他的歌聲太好聽了，我完全被他征服了。 [MSC, trad.]
他的歌声太好听了，我完全被他征服了。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā de gēshēng tài hǎotīng le, wǒ wánquán bèi tā zhēngfú le. [Pinyin]
His singing voice captivated me.
voice of a poet

Synonyms

(singing voice): 歌喉 (gēhóu)