SONG 歌歌
POEM SUNG CONFORMING to a MELODY.
Old Chinese Criteria
黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
Modern Chinese Criteria
SING
canere is to make vocal or instrumental music.
cantare is to make vocal music.
psallere is to play string music, typically by plucking strings.
SONG
canticum is a song that is still in vogue.
cantilena is a song that used to be very popular but has lost the attractiveness of current vogue.
carmen is a natural song which is famous mostly for its words, may even be a poem that can only occasionally be sung.
poema is an ambitious poem which can be sung, but does not have to be.
CARMINA
謳,謠,歌
1. WL claims that o1u 謳 and ya2o 謠 refer to local folksongs when used as nouns. But ya2o 謠 is predominantly used for children's ditties, to2ng ya2o 童謠 in pre-Buddhist times, whereas o1u 謳 is never used to refer to any such thing and refers regularly to popular work-songs as used, for example, by builders or men who milk cows, and it would appear that such songs could also be about emperors and kings.
Words (34 items)
詩 shī OC: qhljɯ MC: ɕɨ 69 AttributionsWD
Shī 詩 refers to a regularly rhymed song with a generally regular number of syllables per line.
- Word relations
- Object: 學/STUDY
The dominant word is xué 學 (ant. jiào 教 "train teach")which refers primarily to studying or training under another person, and secondarily to the learning by heart texts. Very often, the word retains a tinge of immitation. - Contrast: 書/DOCUMENT
The dominant general word for everything written is shū 書. (However, note that the word also refers specifically to a letter.)
- Syntactic words
- nsong (note that one 歌s these songs)
- nprpluralthe canonical Songs, particularly those collected in what is known later as Shijing
- nprtextthe Book of Songs
聲 shēng OC: qjeŋ MC: ɕiɛŋ 18 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nsong, pop song; folk song; tune
歌 gē OC: klaal MC: kɑ 14 AttributionsWD
The current general word for a song with or without accompanying music of any kind is gē 歌.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 謠/SONG
Yáo 謠 refers to a folksong, mostly in ancient texts to a children's ditty, with a more or less fixed melody, but the focus seems to be on the text and there is no accompanying music involved.
- Syntactic words
- nobjectsong; popular song (also that of primitive peoples etc)
謠 yáo OC: k-lew MC: jiɛu 9 AttributionsWD
Yáo 謠 refers to a folksong, mostly in ancient texts to a children's ditty, with a more or less fixed melody, but the focus seems to be on the text and there is no accompanying music involved.
- Word relations
- Epithet: 童/BOY
Tóng 童 by itself is an archaic word referring to a boy, but the term enters freely into non-archaic binomes. - Assoc: 歌/SONG
The current general word for a song with or without accompanying music of any kind is gē 歌.
- Syntactic words
- nsong; ditty 童謠
童謠 tóng yáo OC: dooŋ k-lew MC: duŋ jiɛu 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPchildren's ditty
頌 sòng OC: sɢloŋs MC: zi̯oŋ 5 AttributionsWD
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- nBuddhist rhythmic chant; song
- nprthe sòng "Praise" part of the Book of Songs
章 zhāng OC: kjaŋ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nstanza
吟 yín OC: ŋɡrɯm MC: ŋim 3 AttributionsWD
Yín 吟 is occasionally used, from late Han and Three Kingdoms times onwards, as a noun and refers to a popular song.
- Syntactic words
- nabtextsong 白頭吟
- viactsing songs 吳吟 "sing in the Wú style"
曲 qǔ MC: -- OC: -- 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nsong, tune
賦 fù OC: pas MC: pi̯o 3 AttributionsWD
Fù 賦 refers originally to any narrative or descriptive song in early texts but came to refer to the genre of rhyme prose.
- Syntactic words
- nrhyme prose; poetic exposition
誦 sòng OC: sɢloŋs MC: zi̯oŋ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nsong; poem
音 yīn MC: 'im OC: qrɯm 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nsong as part of musical performanceCH
風 fēng OC: plum MC: puŋ 2 AttributionsWD
Fēng 風 refers to a folk song with a given melody.
- Syntactic words
- nair, song
- nprtext"Airs", a part of the Book of SongsLZ
謳 ōu OC: qoo MC: ʔu 1 AttributionWD
Ōu 謳 is a dialect word (state of Qi) referring to popular work-songs with a more or less fixed melody.
- Syntactic words
- nsong
興詠 xīng yǒng MC: xing hjwaengH OC: qhɯŋ ɢʷaŋs 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPsongVK
賦頌 fù sòng OC: pas sɢloŋs MC: pi̯o zi̯oŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialsongs of all kinds
成 chéng OC: djeŋ MC: dʑiɛŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nstanza, complete part; full round of a tune
法頌 fǎ sòng OC: pab sɢloŋs MC: pi̯ɐp zi̯oŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabtextBuddhist ode
小雅 xiǎo yǎ MC: sjewX ngaeX OC: smewʔ ŋɡraaʔ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPprtext"Lesser Odes", a part of the Book of SongsLZ
雅 yǎ OC: ŋɡraaʔ MC: ŋɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nprThe Ya-style of poetry in the Book of Songs
九歌 jiǔ gē OC: kuʔ klaal MC: kɨu kɑ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPNine Songs in praise of water, fire, metal, woodearth and grain (the 六府)and the three political tasks
弄 nòng OC: ɡ-rooŋs MC: luŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactsong
樂府 yuè fǔ OC: ŋɡraawɡ poʔ MC: ŋɣɔk pi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
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- nHAN: folk song
山歌 shān gē OC: sreen klaal MC: ʂɣɛn kɑ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPpopular erotic lyric
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nsong as part of musical performanceCH
調 diào OC: dɯɯws MC: deu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- ntune, air
嘆 tàn OC: mqhlaans MC: thɑn
嘆 tān OC: mqhlaan MC: thɑn 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactplaintive song
辭 cí OC: zɯ MC: zɨ 0 AttributionsWD
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- nabtexttext to a tune; text of a song
亂 luàn OC: ɡ-roons MC: lʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nlast stanza in a rhyme prose poem 賦
歌謠 gē yáo OC: klaal k-lew MC: kɑ jiɛu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPpluralfolksongs
行 xíng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nsong
律 lǜ OC: b-rud MC: lʷin 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nregular poetry
引 yǐn OC: liŋʔ MC: jin 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactlong song
商歌 shāng gē OC: qhjaŋ klaal MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ kɑ 0 AttributionsWD
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