打歌

dǎgē

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他们下周在三个音乐节目打歌。

Tāmen xiàzhōu zài sān ge yīnyuè jiémù dǎgē.

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

HSK 3

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.

HSK 3

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