歌坛

歌壇
gētán
noun #33,368

Meanings

  1. 1 the music world (esp. pop music)
  2. 2 the singing scene
  3. 3 the music industry

Examples

Tā shì gētán de xīnxīng.
She is a rising star in the music world.
Tā zài Huáyǔ gētán huóyuè le sānshí nián.
He's been active in the Chinese-language music scene for thirty years.

Tips

memory
(song) + (altar/arena) — the same - suffix shows up in 文坛 (literary world), (film world), (sports world). Think of it as '-sphere' or '-scene'. Used heavily in entertainment journalism.

Stroke Order

tán