Chinese

歌曲

/kɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
song (Classifier: 首 m)
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese歌 “song; tune (Classifier: 首 m c mn; 支 m c; 闋／阕 m; 隻／只 c w; 條／条 h mn mn-t; 塊／块 mn)”
    • soundChinese哥 “older brother; elder brother”
    • meaningChinese欠 “to lack; to be deficient”
  • characterChinese曲 “twisting”
    • simplified fromChinese麴 “yeast; leaven (used to make wine)”
      • meaningChinese麥 “general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.”
        • soundChinese來 “to come; to arrive”
        • meaningChinese夊 “of going, slow”
      • soundChinese匊 “Alternative and second-round simplified form of 掬 (jū, “(literary) to grasp or hold with both hands…”

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