謳歌

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See also: 讴歌

Chinese

sing ballads; songs song
trad. (謳歌) 謳 歌
simp. (讴歌) 讴 歌
alternative forms 嘔歌／呕歌
謳謌／讴歌

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 謳 歌
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 烏侯切 古俄切
Baxter 'uw ka
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔəu/ /kɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔəu/ /kɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔəu/ /kɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəw/ /ka/
Li
Rong 		/ʔu/ /kɑ/
Wang
Li 		/əu/ /kɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔə̯u/ /kɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ōu gē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		au1 go1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 歌
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gē
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ka ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaj/
English sing, song

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 謳 歌
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10582 7438
Phonetic
component 		區 可
Rime
group 		侯 歌
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		謳 歌
Old
Chinese 		/*qoː/ /*kaːl/

Verb

謳歌

  1. (literary) to sing
  2. (literary) to eulogize; to extol

Synonyms

Noun

謳歌

  1. (literary) paeon of praise; glorification

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謳歌):
  • → Japanese: 謳(おう)歌(か) (ōka)
  • → Korean: 구가(謳歌) (guga)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
謳 歌
おう
Hyōgai 		か
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
𧦅歌 (nonstandard)

Noun

謳(おう)歌(か) • (ōka) 

  1. glorification

Verb

謳(おう)歌(か)する • (ōka suru) transitive suru (stem 謳(おう)歌(か)し (ōka shi), past 謳(おう)歌(か)した (ōka shita))

  1. to sing the praises of
    • 1923, 国枝史郎, 沙漠の古都:
      自分(じぶん)は心(こころ)から謳歌(おうか)する。
      Jibun wa kokoro kara ōka suru.
      I laud it from the bottom of my heart.
    • 1934, 岸田國士, 日本の新劇:
      私(わたし)は、徒(いたず)らに、現在(げんざい)の新劇(しんげき)を謳歌(おうか)するつもりはありません。
      Watashi wa, itazura ni, genzai no shingeki o ōka suru tsumori wa arimasen.
      It is not my intention to idly sing the praises of the new type of drama.
  2. to enjoy; to celebrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "謳歌する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 謳歌し おうかし ōka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 謳歌し おうかし ōka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 謳歌する おうかする ōka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 謳歌する おうかする ōka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 謳歌すれ おうかすれ ōka sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 謳歌せよ¹
謳歌しろ² 		おうかせよ¹
おうかしろ² 		ōka seyo¹
ōka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 謳歌される おうかされる ōka sareru
Causative 謳歌させる
謳歌さす 		おうかさせる
おうかさす 		ōka saseru
ōka sasu
Potential 謳歌できる おうかできる ōka dekiru
Volitional 謳歌しよう おうかしよう ōka shiyō
Negative 謳歌しない おうかしない ōka shinai
Negative continuative 謳歌せず おうかせず ōka sezu
Formal 謳歌します おうかします ōka shimasu
Perfective 謳歌した おうかした ōka shita
Conjunctive 謳歌して おうかして ōka shite
Hypothetical conditional 謳歌すれば おうかすれば ōka sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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