頌歌

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See also: 颂歌

Chinese

		to praise	song
trad. (頌歌)		頌	歌
simp. (颂歌)		颂	歌
anagram		歌頌／歌颂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sònggē

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ go¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-koa / siòng-koa / siōng-ko / siòng-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sònggē
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sòngge
  - Wade–Giles: sung⁴-ko¹
  - Yale: sùng-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonqge
  - Palladius: сунгэ (sungɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung⁶ go¹
  - Yale: juhng gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² kɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-koa
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kua³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siòng-koa
  - Tâi-lô: siòng-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siorngkoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ko
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siòng-ko
  - Tâi-lô: siòng-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siorngkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

Noun

頌歌

song; ode; carol

Derived terms

聖誕頌歌／圣诞颂歌 (shèngdàn sònggē)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頌歌):

→ Japanese: 頌(しょう)歌(か) (shōka)
→ Korean: 송가(頌歌) (songga)
→ Vietnamese: tụng ca (頌歌)

See also

(not to be confused with) 歌頌／歌颂 (gēsòng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頌	歌
しょう Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 頌歌／颂歌 (zjowng^H ka, literally “praise + song”). Compare modern Mandarin 頌歌／颂歌 (sònggē, “carol”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーか (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

頌(しょう)歌(か) • (shōka)

an ode, an anthem, a hymn: a song of praise

Synonyms

オード (ōdo)

References

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

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