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唱歌

chàng gē

Pinyin

Definition

唱歌

chàng gē

to sing a song

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唱

chàng

1 to sing
2 to call loudly
3 to chant

唱歌

chàng gē

1 to sing a song

歌

gē

1 song
2 classifier: 支 zhī
3 classifier: 首 shǒu
4 to sing

歌曲

gē qǔ

1 song

假唱

jiǎ chàng

1 to lip-sync (singing)

Idioms (19)

一唱一和

yī chàng yī hè

1 to echo one another (idiom)

可歌可泣

kě gē kě qì

1 lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
2 happy and sad
3 inspiring and tragic

唱对台戏

chàng duì tái xì

1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
2 to get into confrontation

唱白脸

chàng bái liǎn

1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)

唱空城计

chàng kōng chéng jì

1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling

Sample Sentences

Joe在KTV如鱼得水，因为他很会唱歌。

zài rúyúdéshuǐ ，yīnwèi tā hěn huì chànggē 。

Joe takes to KTV like a duck to water because he's good at singing.

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晚上驴友们一起弹吉他、唱歌、聊天，体验淳朴的生活，独自旅行的朋友在这里可以告别孤独的滋味了。

wǎnshang lǘyǒu men yīqǐ dàn jítā 、chànggē 、liáotiān ，tǐyàn chúnpǔ de shēnghuó ，dúzì lǚxíng de péngyou zài zhèlǐ kěyǐ gàobié gūdú de zīwèi le 。

In the evening, backpackers play guitar, sing, chat, and experience a simple life. Friends who travel alone can say goodbye to loneliness.

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天气不好，我们去唱歌吧。

tiānqì bùhǎo ，wǒmen qù chànggē ba 。

The weather is bad, let's go sing karaoke.

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小学时候我们班就有三类人：“仙人”就是那种看各种高端怪书的奇葩（比如卡尔维诺的《宇宙奇趣全集》）；“完人”这种人会跳舞会唱歌会主持节目会各种乐器，还奥数好英语好钢琴八级；还有一种人没啥当，只好当“井货”（横竖都是二）。

xiǎoxué shíhou wǒmen bān jiù yǒu sān lèi rén ：“xiānrén ”jiùshì nàzhǒng kàn gèzhǒng gāoduān guài shū de qípā （bǐrú kǎ ěr wéi nuò de 《yǔzhòu qíqù quánjí 》）；“wánrén ”zhèzhǒng rén huì tiàowǔ huì chànggē huì zhǔchí jiémù huì gèzhǒng yuèqì ，hái ÀoShù hǎo Yīngyǔ hǎo gāngqín bā jí ；háiyǒu yīzhǒng rén méi shá dāng ，zhǐhǎo dāng “jǐng huò ”（héngshu dōu shì èr ）。

There were three kinds of people in my elementary school: the Merlin - nerds who read all kinds of wired high-end books (like Calvino’s Trolltech Universe Collection); the Paragon - the kids who could sing, dance, host games, play instruments, were good at all subjects, and could play piano like a professional; what was left were those kids who couldn’t be either, so they could only be “lol"s (It is lol either way).

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那我们真是求之不得我在富春居订了个包厢，听说王总喜欢唱歌，咱们边吃边聊，边聊边唱，您觉得怎么样？

nà wǒmen zhēn shì qiú zhī bùdé wǒ zài Fùchūnjū dìng le gè bāoxiāng ，tīngshuō Wáng Zǒng xǐhuan chànggē ，zánmen biān chī biān liáo ，biān liáo biān chàng ，nín juéde zěnmeyàng ？

That would be a dream come true! I booked a private room at Fuchunju. I hear Mr Wang likes to sing. We can sing while we chat. How about that?

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我们在包房里唱歌、吃饭。

wǒmen zài bāofáng lǐ chànggē 、chīfàn 。

We sing and eat in the rented room.

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别听他唱歌，他常常走音。

bié tīng tā chànggē ，tā chángcháng zǒuyīn 。

Don’t listen to his singing. He is often out of tune.

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开心地唱歌

kāixīn de chànggē