山歌

shāngē
noun #60,976

Measure Word

山歌 shǒu

Meanings

  1. 1 folk song
  2. 2 mountain song (sung while working in the fields or on hillsides)

Examples

Tā shì chàng shāngē de néngshǒu.
She is an expert at singing mountain folk songs.
Zhuàngzú de shāngē fēicháng yǒumíng.
The folk songs of the Zhuang people are very famous.

Tips

culture
山歌 is the broad term for rural folk song sung outdoors — especially associated with Guangxi Zhuang 三月 festivals, Sichuan hill country, and the antiphonal call-and-response tradition 对山歌 where two sides trade improvised verses.

Stroke Order

shān