C-pop
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From C- (“Chinese”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsiːˌpɒp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsiˌpɑp/
Noun
- (music) Chinese pop music influenced by western genres.
- 2024 January 20, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “An Asian megastar who fills arenas in Europe–so who is he?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 14:
- Mandopop and its Cantonese equivalent, Cantopop, are subsets of Chinese pop, or C-pop, whose roots stretch back almost 100 years.
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
Translations
Chinese pop music
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Mandopop — see Mandopop
Cantopop — see Cantopop