合奏

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	to play; to memorialize an emperor
simp. and trad. (合奏)		合	奏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hézòu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ zau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-chàu / ha̍p-chò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hézòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hézòu
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-tsou⁴
  - Yale: hé-dzòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertzow
  - Palladius: хэцзоу (xɛczou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ zau³
  - Yale: hahp jau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ zeo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡sɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-chàu
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tsàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: habzaux
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sau¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² t͡sau⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sau²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-chò͘
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tsòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: habzox
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ²¹/

Verb

合奏

to play several musical instruments together; to perform music as an ensemble
(obsolete, of several people together) to memorialize an emperor

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	奏
がっ Grade: 2	そう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

合(がっ)奏(そう) • (gassō)

(music) musical ensemble

Verb

合(がっ)奏(そう)する • (gassō suru) suru (stem 合(がっ)奏(そう)し (gassō shi), past 合(がっ)奏(そう)した (gassō shita))

(music) play in concert

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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