雅歌

Chinese

		elegant	song
trad. (雅歌)		雅	歌
simp. ^#(雅歌)		雅	歌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎgē

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ go¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngá-kô

(Hailu, HRS): nga^ˊ go^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nga³ gor¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngá-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎgē
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎge
  - Wade–Giles: ya³-ko¹
  - Yale: yǎ-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeage
  - Palladius: ягэ (jagɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁵ go¹
  - Yale: ngáh gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ kɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngá-kô
  - Hakka Romanization System: nga^ˋ go^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nga³ go¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa³¹ ko²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: nga^ˊ go^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa²⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nga³ gor¹ [Phonetic: nga⁵ gor¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngâ-go̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋa⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ kɒ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nga³ gor¹ [Phonetic: nga⁵ gor¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋa³³²⁻²¹ kɒ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngá-ko
  - Tâi-lô: ngá-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngafkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

雅歌

elegant song

Antonyms

俗歌

Proper noun

雅歌

Song of Songs; Song of Solomon

Synonyms

Terms for Song of Songs in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Names	Abbreviations edit
Protestant	雅歌	歌
Roman Catholic	雅歌	歌
Eastern Orthodox	歌中之歌

(rare) 雅集 (yǎjí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雅	歌
が Grade: S	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 雅歌 (ngæ^X + ka, literally “elegant + song”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がか [gáꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ka̠]

Noun

雅(が)歌(か) • (gaka)

elegant song

Antonyms

俗歌(ぞっか) (zokka)

Proper noun

雅(が)歌(か) • (Gaka)

Song of Songs

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
雅	歌

Noun

雅歌 • (aga) (hangeul 아가)

hanja form^? of 아가 (“elegant song”)

Proper noun

雅歌 • (Aga) (hangeul 아가)

hanja form^? of 아가 (“Song of Songs”)

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

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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