摇滚

搖滾

yáogǔn

noun HSK 7-9 #2,213

Meanings

1 rock and roll; rock music

Characters

to rock; to shake

A direct translation of English 'rock and roll' — 摇 for 'rock' (shake) and 滚 for 'roll.'

Examples

他是一个摇滚歌手。

Tā shì yíge yáogǔn gēshǒu.

He's a rock singer.

我喜欢听摇滚音乐。

Wǒ xǐhuan tīng yáogǔn yīnyuè.

I like listening to rock music.

Tips

culture

Chinese rock emerged in the late 1980s. Cuī Jiàn (崔健) is known as the 'father of Chinese rock' — his 1986 song 一无所有 (Yìwúsuǒyǒu, 'Nothing to My Name') became an anthem of the era. Beijing is still the center of China's rock scene.

In Pop Culture

崔健 Cuījiàn

Cui Jian

father of Chinese rock — his 一无所有 defined a generation

Stroke Order

摇 yáo

滚 gǔn