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秧歌

秧歌

Chinese

		shoots; sprouts	song
simp. and trad. (秧歌)		秧	歌

Noun

秧歌

Yangge, a form of Chinese folk dance

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yānggē

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng¹ go¹
Min Nan (POJ): iong-ko͘ / iong-ko / iang-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yānggē → yāngge (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤㄍㄜ → ㄧㄤㄍㄜ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang.ge
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/ → /i̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (秧歌兒／秧歌儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: yānggēr → yāngger (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤㄍㄜㄦ → ㄧㄤㄍㄜ˙ㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang.gel
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/ → /i̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ g̊ɤɻ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng¹ go¹
  - Yale: yēung gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng¹ go¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-ko͘
  - Tâi-lô: iong-koo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongkof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³ kɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-ko
  - Tâi-lô: iong-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iang-ko
  - Tâi-lô: iang-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iangkoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɤ⁴⁴/