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合唱 (hé chàng) — to sing in chorus

Definition

合唱 (héchàng) means to sing together as a group, typically in a chorus. More specific than 歌唱, which is the general verb 'to sing' — 合唱 emphasizes the collective performance.

verb
to sing in chorus

Examples

  • 合唱。
    Wǒ men xué xiào yǒu sān shí gè rén cān jiā hé chàng bǐ sài.
    There are thirty people from our school participating in the chorus competition.
  • 合唱。
    Tā men hé chàng le yì shǒu hěn hǎo tīng de gē.
    They sang a very nice song in chorus.
  • 合唱。
    Xià ge yuè wǒ men yào zài yīn yuè tīng hé chàng.
    We are going to sing in chorus at the concert hall next month.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

合hétogether
唱chàngsing

合 means together and 唱 means sing, giving the sense of singing together.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
昌
昌chāng唱chàng
Same sound today

The 口 part points to the mouth, while 昌 shows how the character is pronounced.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Music

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