打歌

dǎgē

verb

Meanings

1 to promote a new song (idol industry)
2 to perform a comeback single on music shows

Characters

Examples

他们下周在三个音乐节目打歌。

Tāmen xià zhōu zài sān ge yīnyuè jiémù dǎgē.

They're promoting their new single on three music shows next week.

国内还没有真正的打歌舞台。

Guónèi hái méiyǒu zhēnzhèng de dǎgē wǔtái.

Mainland China still doesn't have a real music-show stage for song promotion.

打歌期一般持续两三个星期。

Dǎgē qī yībān chíxù liǎng sān ge xīngqī.

A song-promotion cycle usually lasts two or three weeks.

Tips

culture

Borrowed from K-pop 음악방송 culture — idols release a single then perform it weekly on music shows like Music Bank, M Countdown, Inkigayo for a few weeks. Chinese fans imported both the format and the term 打歌舞台.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

歌 gē