合唱

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	sing; to call loudly; to chant
simp. and trad. (合唱)		合	唱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héchàng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ coeng³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ha̍p-chhong

(Hailu, HRS): hab^ˋ chong^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁷ cieo⁴ / hah⁷ ciunn⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-chhiùⁿ / ha̍p-chhiòⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸gheq-tshaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héchàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héchàng
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-chʻang⁴
  - Yale: hé-chàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herchanq
  - Palladius: хэчан (xɛčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    合唱
    和暢 / 和畅
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ coeng³
  - Yale: hahp cheung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ tsoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ cêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡sʰœːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-chhong
  - Hakka Romanization System: hab cong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶ cong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hab^ˋ chong^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /hap² t͡ʃʰoŋ¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ cieo⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ha̍h-cha̤̍uⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴ t͡sʰieu⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ ciunn⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴ t͡sʰĩũ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-chhiùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tshiùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: habchviux
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiũ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiũ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hap̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiũ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-chhiòⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tshiònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: habchvioix
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔ̃²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gheq-tshaon
  - MiniDict: gheh^入 tshaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hheq-tshaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəʔ¹¹ t͡sʰɑ̃²³/

Verb

合唱

to sing in a chorus

Noun

合唱

(music) chorus

Derived terms

合唱團 / 合唱团 (héchàngtuán)
大合唱 (dàhéchàng)
無伴奏合唱 / 无伴奏合唱 (wúbànzòu héchàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	唱
がっ Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がっしょー [gàsshóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɕːo̞ː]

Noun

合(がっ)唱(しょう) • (gasshō)

singing in chorus

Verb

合(がっ)唱(しょう)する • (gasshō suru) transitive suru (stem 合(がっ)唱(しょう)し (gasshō shi), past 合(がっ)唱(しょう)した (gasshō shita))

sing in chorus

Conjugation

Conjugation of "合唱する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	合唱し	がっしょうし	gasshō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	合唱し	がっしょうし	gasshō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	合唱する	がっしょうする	gasshō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	合唱する	がっしょうする	gasshō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	合唱すれ	がっしょうすれ	gasshō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	合唱せよ¹ 合唱しろ²	がっしょうせよ¹ がっしょうしろ²	gasshō seyo¹ gasshō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	合唱される	がっしょうされる	gasshō sareru
Causative	合唱させる合唱さす	がっしょうさせるがっしょうさす	gasshō saseru gasshō sasu
Potential	合唱できる	がっしょうできる	gasshō dekiru
Volitional	合唱しよう	がっしょうしよう	gasshō shiyō
Negative	合唱しない	がっしょうしない	gasshō shinai
Negative continuative	合唱せず	がっしょうせず	gasshō sezu
Formal	合唱します	がっしょうします	gasshō shimasu
Perfective	合唱した	がっしょうした	gasshō shita
Conjunctive	合唱して	がっしょうして	gasshō shite
Hypothetical conditional	合唱すれば	がっしょうすれば	gasshō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“合唱”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026