歌舞

Chinese

		song	to dance; to wield; to brandish
trad. (歌舞)		歌	舞
simp. #(歌舞)		歌	舞
2nd round simp.		歌午

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ mou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-vú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koa-bú / ko-bú / ko͘-bú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): go¹ bhu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gewǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-wu³
    • Yale: gē-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gewuu
    • Palladius: гэу (gɛu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: gō móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-vú
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ vu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ vu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ vu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-bú
    • Tâi-lô: kua-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koa'buo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-bú
    • Tâi-lô: ko-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'buo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: go¹ bhu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ko bú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko³³⁻²³ bu⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: ka mjuX

Rime
Character	歌	舞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古俄切	文甫切
Baxter	ka	mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑ/	/mɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑ/	/mioX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑ/	/mioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ka/	/muə̆X/
Li Rong	/kɑ/	/mioX/
Wang Li	/kɑ/	/mĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑ/	/mi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gē	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	go1	mou5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤaj  k.m(r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːl  maʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歌	舞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gē	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ ka ›	‹ mjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁaj/	/*k.m(r)aʔ/
English	sing, song	dance (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歌	舞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7438	13126
Phonetic component	可	無
Rime group	歌	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	歌	武
Old Chinese	/*kaːl/	/*maʔ/

Verb

歌舞

1. to sing and dance

Noun

歌舞

1. singing and dancing

Derived terms

• 歌舞伎 (gēwǔjì)
• 歌舞劇／歌舞剧 (gēwǔjù)
• 歌舞團／歌舞团
• 歌舞廳／歌舞厅
• 歌舞昇平／歌舞升平 (gēwǔshēngpíng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歌舞):

• → Japanese: 歌舞(かぶ) (kabu)
• → Korean: 가무(歌舞) (gamu)
• → Vietnamese: ca vũ (歌舞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歌	舞
か Grade: 2	ぶ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​ぶ [káꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

歌(か)舞(ぶ) • (kabu) 

1. singing and dancing

Verb

歌(か)舞(ぶ)する • (kabu suru) suru (stem 歌(か)舞(ぶ)し (kabu shi), past 歌(か)舞(ぶ)した (kabu shita))

1. to sing and dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "歌舞する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	歌舞し	かぶし	kabu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	歌舞し	かぶし	kabu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	歌舞する	かぶする	kabu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	歌舞する	かぶする	kabu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	歌舞すれ	かぶすれ	kabu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	歌舞せよ¹ 歌舞しろ²	かぶせよ¹ かぶしろ²	kabu seyo¹ kabu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	歌舞される	かぶされる	kabu sareru
Causative	歌舞させる 歌舞さす	かぶさせる かぶさす	kabu saseru kabu sasu
Potential	歌舞できる	かぶできる	kabu dekiru
Volitional	歌舞しよう	かぶしよう	kabu shiyō
Negative	歌舞しない	かぶしない	kabu shinai
Negative continuative	歌舞せず	かぶせず	kabu sezu
Formal	歌舞します	かぶします	kabu shimasu
Perfective	歌舞した	かぶした	kabu shita
Conjunctive	歌舞して	かぶして	kabu shite
Hypothetical conditional	歌舞すれば	かぶすれば	kabu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
歌	舞

Noun

歌舞 • (gamu) (hangeul 가무)

1. Hanja form^? of 가무 (“singing and dancing”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
歌	舞

Noun

歌舞

1. chữ Hán form of ca vũ (“singing and dancing”).