唱歌

chàng

Traditional: 唱歌

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Translation

to sing, to sing songs

Word origin

A verb-object compound of 唱 (chàng, to sing) and 歌 (gē, song), literally to sing songs.

Origin
compound
Root
唱 (chàng, to sing) + 歌 (gē, song)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 唱

Stroke order for 歌

Examples

She loves to sing.

Let us go and sing together.

He sings very beautifully.

tái

The children are singing on the stage.

At weekends I like to sing with friends.

唱歌 (chàng gē) means to sing. It is a verb-object compound, literally "to sing songs", and is one of the most common ways to express singing in everyday speech.

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This word is part of lesson 34.