歌詞

See also: 歌词

Chinese

	song	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (歌詞)	歌	詞
simp. (歌词)	歌	词
alternative forms	歌辭／歌辞 archaic

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēcí

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ ci⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kô-chhṳ̀

(Hailu, HRS): go^ˋ cii
Jin (Wiktionary): ge¹ ci¹
Eastern Min (BUC): gŏ̤-sṳ̀
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koa-sû / koa-sîr / ko-sû

(Teochew, Peng'im): go¹ se⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ku-zy₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēcí
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gecíh
  - Wade–Giles: ko¹-tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: gē-tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getsyr
  - Palladius: гэцы (gɛcy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēcír
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄘˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gecíhr
  - Wade–Giles: ko¹-tzʻŭ²-ʼrh
  - Yale: gē-tsír
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getserl
  - Palladius: гэцыр (gɛcyr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: go¹ ci⁴
  - Yale: gō chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: go¹ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ cii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˋ cii
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵³ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ge¹ ci¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kɤ¹¹ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gŏ̤-sṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko⁵⁵ ^(s-)ly⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-sû
  - Tâi-lô: kua-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koasuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ su²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² su¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ su²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-sîr
  - Tâi-lô: kua-sîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-sû
  - Tâi-lô: ko-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koisuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² su¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: go¹ se⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ko sṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³⁻²³ sɯ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ku-zy₆
  - MiniDict: ku^平 zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ku-zr₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Middle Chinese: ka zi

Rime
Character	歌	詞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古俄切	似兹切
Baxter	ka	zi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑ/	/zɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑ/	/zɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑ/	/zie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ka/	/zɨ/
Li Rong	/kɑ/	/ziə/
Wang Li	/kɑ/	/zĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑ/	/zi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gē	sí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	go¹	ci⁴

Noun

歌詞

(music) lyrics

Derived terms

太平歌詞 / 太平歌词

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歌詞):

→ Japanese: 歌詞(かし) (kashi)
→ Korean: 가사(歌詞) (gasa)
→ Vietnamese: ca từ (歌詞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歌	詞
か Grade: 2	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かし [káꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕi]

Noun

歌(か)詞(し) • (kashi)

(music) lyrics

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
歌	詞

Noun

歌詞 • (gasa or McCune-Reischauer: kasa or Yale: kasa) (hangeul 가사)

hanja form^? of 가사 (“song lyrics”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
歌	詞

Noun

歌詞

chữ Hán form of ca từ (“lyrics”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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