Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

song

Chinese: 歌曲。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ge” becomes a different word in each tone. 歌 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 唱歌chàng gēto sing a song
  • 歌手gē shǒusinger
  • 歌声gē shēngsinging voice; fig. original voice of a poet
  • 歌迷gē mífan of a singer
  • 歌曲gē qǔsong

Example Sentence

同学们一起唱起了生日歌。Tóng xué men yì qǐ chàng qǐ le shēng rì gē.The classmates sang the birthday song together.

同学Tóng xuéto study at the same schoomen(plural marker)一起yì qǐ(in) the same placechàngto singto risele(completed action)生日shēng rìbirthdaysong (CL:首,支)