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高唱 (gāo chàng) — to sing loudly; to sing with spirit; to trumpet (about something); to loudly advocate or claim (often with a connotation of glibness or exaggeration)

Definition

Literally 'sing loudly', 高唱 is often used figuratively to mean loudly proclaiming a slogan or ideal — with a strong connotation that the words are empty or insincere, just a tune without action.

verb
to sing loudlyto sing with spiritto trumpet (about something)to loudly advocate or claim (often with a connotation of glibness or exaggeration)

Examples

  • 。
    Tā zài yīn yuè huì shàng gāo chàng le yì shǒu ài guó gē qǔ.
    He sang a patriotic song loudly at the concert.
  • 高唱。
    Mǒu xiē zhèng kè zhī huì gāo chàng wèi rén mín fú wù de kǒu hào.
    Some politicians only trumpet the slogan of serving the people.
  • 高唱，。
    Tā men gāo chàng zhe gǎi gé de diào zi, què méi yǒu shí jì xíng dòng.
    They loudly sang the tune of reform but had no actual action.

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.

高gāoloudly
唱chàngsing

Loudly and sing combine to mean sing loudly or trumpet something.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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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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