歌
gē
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
A song: a piece of music with words to sing. Its verbs are 唱 'to sing' and 听 'to listen to': 唱歌, 听歌. The measure word is 首: 一首歌 'a song'; in speech 个 is also heard: 这个歌.
Bài hát: một bản nhạc có lời để hát. Đi với động từ 唱 (hát) và 听 (nghe): 唱歌 (hát), 听歌 (nghe nhạc). Lượng từ là 首: 一首歌 (một bài hát); khi nói cũng hay dùng 个: 这个歌.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “歌” mean?
A song: a piece of music with words to sing. Its verbs are 唱 'to sing' and 听 'to listen to': 唱歌, 听歌. The measure word is 首: 一首歌 'a song'; in speech 个 is also heard: 这个歌.
Is “歌” formal or informal?
歌 is generally neutral.