歌舞

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Chinese

song to dance; to wield; to brandish
trad. (歌舞) 歌 舞
simp. #(歌舞) 歌 舞
2nd round simp. 歌午

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 歌 舞
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 古俄切 文甫切
Baxter ka mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑ/ /mɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑ/ /mioX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑ/ /mioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ka/ /muə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/kɑ/ /mioX/
Wang
Li 		/kɑ/ /mĭuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kɑ/ /mi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gē wǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		go1 mou5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 歌 舞
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gē wǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ka › ‹ mjuX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaj/ /*k.m(r)aʔ/
English sing, song dance (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 舞
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7438 13126
Phonetic
component 		可 無
Rime
group 		歌 魚
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		歌 武
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːl/ /*maʔ/

Verb

歌舞

  1. to sing and dance

Noun

歌舞

  1. singing and dancing

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歌舞):
  • → Japanese: 歌舞(かぶ) (kabu)
  • → Korean: 가무(歌舞) (gamu)
  • → Vietnamese: ca vũ (歌舞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歌 舞
か
Grade: 2 		ぶ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

歌(か)舞(ぶ) • (kabu) 

  1. singing and dancing

Verb

歌(か)舞(ぶ)する • (kabu suru) suru (stem 歌(か)舞(ぶ)し (kabu shi), past 歌(か)舞(ぶ)した (kabu shita))

  1. to sing and dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "歌舞する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 歌舞し かぶし kabu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 歌舞し かぶし kabu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 歌舞する かぶする kabu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 歌舞する かぶする kabu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 歌舞すれ かぶすれ kabu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 歌舞せよ¹
歌舞しろ² 		かぶせよ¹
かぶしろ² 		kabu seyo¹
kabu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 歌舞される かぶされる kabu sareru
Causative 歌舞させる
歌舞さす 		かぶさせる
かぶさす 		kabu saseru
kabu sasu
Potential 歌舞できる かぶできる kabu dekiru
Volitional 歌舞しよう かぶしよう kabu shiyō
Negative 歌舞しない かぶしない kabu shinai
Negative continuative 歌舞せず かぶせず kabu sezu
Formal 歌舞します かぶします kabu shimasu
Perfective 歌舞した かぶした kabu shita
Conjunctive 歌舞して かぶして kabu shite
Hypothetical conditional 歌舞すれば かぶすれば kabu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
歌舞

Noun

歌舞 • (gamu) (hangeul 가무)

  1. hanja form? of 가무 (“singing and dancing”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
歌舞

Noun

歌舞

  1. chữ Hán form of ca vũ (“singing and dancing”).
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