Useful extra · HSK 2 list

歌 gē “song” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 歌 means

  1. song
  2. (bound form) to sing

How to say 歌

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale歌gē1st tone, high and level

歌 in a sentence

  1. 你最喜欢的歌是什么？

    Nǐ zuì xǐhuan de gē shì shénme?

    What’s your favourite song?

    Sentence #8577721 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你能给我们唱首歌吗？

    Nǐ néng gěi wǒmen chàng shǒu gē ma?

    Can you sing us a song?

    Sentence #13943583 from Tatoeba

  3. 他喜欢唱歌，也喜欢跳舞。

    Tā xǐhuan chànggē, yě xǐhuan tiàowǔ.

    He likes singing and dancing.

    Sentence #1173213 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 歌

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.

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

Words related to 歌

Words with 歌

唱歌chànggē · to sing歌颂gēsòng · to sing the praises of

More words: Useful Extras

你们nǐmen · you (plural)他们tāmen · they你好nǐ hǎo · hello没méi · no右yòu · right病bìng · illness见jiàn · to see笔bǐ · pen

FAQs

歌 (gē) means “song” or “(bound form) to sing”. It is not on the official HSK lists, but we teach it with HSK 2 because learners need it early.
Say it gē: gē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 歌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ge with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 歌 from the suggestions. Typing ge into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
歌 is not on the official HSK 2.0 word lists. It is a useful extra on our HSK 2 list, because learners need it from the start.

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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.