HSK 2 · Common Verbs

唱歌 chànggē “to sing” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 唱歌 means

  1. to sing
  2. to sing a song

How to say 唱歌

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale唱chàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale歌gē1st tone, high and level

唱歌 in a sentence

  1. 你喜欢唱歌吗？

    Nǐ xǐhuan chànggē ma?

    Do you like singing?

    Sentence #397199 from Tatoeba

  2. 我妹妹唱歌很好听。

    Wǒ mèimei chànggē hěn hǎotīng.

    My younger sister sings really well.

    Sentence #346120 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他一边唱歌一边工作。

    Tā yìbiān chànggē yìbiān gōngzuò.

    He sings while he works.

    Sentence #1454456 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 唱歌 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 唱 (chàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
唱chàngto sing
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 昌sunlight · chāngSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 昌 (chāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chàng.

The character 歌 (gē) with each of its parts in a different colour
歌gēsong
  • 哥elder brother · gēSound part
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

欠 hints at the meaning (yawn); 哥 (gē) hints at the sound. Compare it with gē.

How to write 唱歌

唱 11 strokes · 歌 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

唱歌 (chànggē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 唱歌 (chànggē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 唱歌

Words with 唱

唱chàng · to sing

Words with 歌

歌gē · song歌颂gēsòng · to sing the praises of

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FAQs

唱歌 (chànggē) means “to sing” or “to sing a song”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it chànggē: chàng with a 4th tone, then gē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 唱歌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type changge with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 唱歌 from the suggestions. Typing changge into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
唱歌 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.