歌詞

See also: 歌词

Chinese

		song	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (歌詞)		歌	詞
simp. (歌词)		歌	词
alternative forms		歌辭／歌辞 archaic

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-chhṳ̀
• Jin (Wiktionary): ge¹ ci¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gŏ̤-sṳ̀
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koa-sû / koa-sîr / ko-sû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): go¹ se⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ku-zy₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gecíh
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: gē-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getsyr
    • Palladius: гэцы (gɛcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēcír
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄘˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gecíhr
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-tzʻŭ²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gē-tsír
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getserl
    • Palladius: гэцыр (gɛcyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: gō chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ cii^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ge¹ ci¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kɤ¹¹ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŏ̤-sṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko⁵⁵ ^(s-)ly⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-sû
    • Tâi-lô: kua-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koasuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ su²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² su¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-sîr
    • Tâi-lô: kua-sîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-sû
    • Tâi-lô: ko-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koisuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² su¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: go¹ se⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ko sṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³⁻²³ sɯ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ku-zy₆
    • MiniDict: ku^平 zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ku-zr₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ka zi

Rime
Character	歌	詞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古俄切	似兹切
Baxter	ka	zi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑ/	/zɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑ/	/zɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑ/	/zie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ka/	/zɨ/
Li Rong	/kɑ/	/ziə/
Wang Li	/kɑ/	/zĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑ/	/zi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gē	sí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	go1	ci4

Noun

歌詞

1. (music) lyrics

Derived terms

• 太平歌詞 / 太平歌词

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歌詞):

• → Japanese: 歌詞(かし) (kashi)
• → Korean: 가사(歌詞) (gasa)
• → Vietnamese: ca từ (歌詞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歌	詞
か Grade: 2	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かし [káꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕi]

Noun

歌(か)詞(し) • (kashi) 

1. (music) lyrics

Korean

Hanja in this term
歌	詞

Noun

歌詞 • (gasa or McCune-Reischauer: kasa or Yale: kasa) (hangeul 가사)

1. hanja form^? of 가사 (“song lyrics”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
歌	詞

Noun

歌詞

1. chữ Hán form of ca từ (“lyrics”).