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歌舞

歌舞

Chinese

		song	to dance; to wield; to brandish
simp. and trad. (歌舞)		歌	舞

Verb

歌舞

(literary) to sing and dance

Noun

歌舞

(literary) singing and dancing

Derived terms

歌舞劇／歌舞剧 (gēwǔjù)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gēwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ mou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): koa-bú / ko-bú / ko͘-bú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gēwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gewuu
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: go¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: gō móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-bú
  - Tâi-lô: kua-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koa'buo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-bú
  - Tâi-lô: ko-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'buo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-bú
  - Tâi-lô: koo-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'buo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/