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民歌

民歌

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	song
simp. and trad. (民歌)		民	歌

Noun

民歌

folk song

Synonyms

民謠／民谣 (mínyáo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (民歌):

Vietnamese: dân ca ‎(民歌)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): míngē

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ go¹
Min Nan (POJ): bîn-koa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: míngē
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minge
  - IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ go¹
  - Yale: màhn gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ go¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kɔː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-koa
  - Tâi-lô: bîn-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: binkoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² kua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ kua⁴⁴/