謳歌

See also: 讴歌

Chinese

		sing ballads; songs	song
trad. (謳歌)		謳	歌
simp. (讴歌)		讴	歌
alternative forms		嘔歌／呕歌謳謌／讴歌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ōugē

(Zhuyin): ㄡㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹ go¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-ko / io-ko͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ōugē
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ouge
  - Wade–Giles: ou¹-ko¹
  - Yale: ōu-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ouge
  - Palladius: оугэ (ougɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: au¹ go¹
  - Yale: āu gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: au¹ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: eo¹ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ko
  - Tâi-lô: oo-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'koy
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-ko͘
  - Tâi-lô: io-koo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'kof
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³ kɔ³³/

Middle Chinese: 'uw ka

Rime
Character	謳	歌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏侯切	古俄切
Baxter	'uw	ka
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔəu/	/kɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəu/	/kɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔəu/	/kɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəw/	/ka/
Li Rong	/ʔu/	/kɑ/
Wang Li	/əu/	/kɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔə̯u/	/kɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ōu	gē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	au¹	go¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qoː kaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gē
Middle Chinese	‹ ka ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁaj/
English	sing, song
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謳	歌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10582	7438
Phonetic component	區	可
Rime group	侯	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	謳	歌
Old Chinese	/*qoː/	/*kaːl/

Verb

謳歌

(literary) to sing
(literary) to eulogize; to extol
- 我歌頌祢，尊貴的救主，用我口舌向祢謳歌 [MSC, trad.]
  我歌颂祢，尊贵的救主，用我口舌向祢讴歌 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1960, 劉福羣 (William C. Newbern) and 何統雄 (Richard Ho) (translators), 我歌頌祢 (I Sing of Thee), in 青年聖歌綜合本（一） (Youth Hymns, volume 1)
  Wǒ gēsòng Nǐ, zūnguì de Jiùzhǔ, yòng wǒ kǒushé xiàng Nǐ ōugē [Pinyin]
  I sing of Thee, O blessed Saviour, Thy praise shall now my tongue employ
- 2015, “誰被祢揀選”, 西伯 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 陳明恩 [Corinna Chamberlain]:
  
  求讓我謙卑得於至聖所，謳歌與頌讚！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  求让我谦卑得于至圣所，讴歌与颂赞！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  kau⁴ joeng⁶ ngo⁵ him¹ bei¹ dak¹ jyu¹ zi³ sing³ so², au¹ go¹ jyu⁵ zung⁶ zaan³! [Jyutping]
  I pray that I may be humble so that I may be in the Holy of Holies to sing praises!

Synonyms

(sing): 歌唱 (gēchàng)
(eulogize): 歌唱 (gēchàng), 歌頌／歌颂 (gēsòng)

Noun

謳歌

(literary) paeon of praise; glorification

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謳歌):

→ Japanese: 謳(おう)歌(か) (ōka)
→ Korean: 구가(謳歌) (guga)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
謳	歌
おう Hyōgai	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
𧦅歌 (nonstandard)

Noun

謳(おう)歌(か) • (ōka)

glorification

Verb

謳(おう)歌(か)する • (ōka suru) transitive suru (stem 謳(おう)歌(か)し (ōka shi), past 謳(おう)歌(か)した (ōka shita))

to sing the praises of
- 1923, 国枝史郎, 沙漠の古都:
  自分(じぶん)は心(こころ)から謳歌(おうか)する。
  Jibun wa kokoro kara ōka suru.
  I laud it from the bottom of my heart.
- 1934, 岸田國士, 日本の新劇:
  私(わたし)は、徒(いたず)らに、現在(げんざい)の新劇(しんげき)を謳歌(おうか)するつもりはありません。
  Watashi wa, itazura ni, genzai no shingeki o ōka suru tsumori wa arimasen.
  It is not my intention to idly sing the praises of the new type of drama.
to enjoy; to celebrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "謳歌する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	謳歌し	おうかし	ōka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	謳歌し	おうかし	ōka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	謳歌する	おうかする	ōka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	謳歌する	おうかする	ōka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	謳歌すれ	おうかすれ	ōka sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	謳歌せよ¹ 謳歌しろ²	おうかせよ¹ おうかしろ²	ōka seyo¹ ōka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	謳歌される	おうかされる	ōka sareru
Causative	謳歌させる謳歌さす	おうかさせるおうかさす	ōka saseru ōka sasu
Potential	謳歌できる	おうかできる	ōka dekiru
Volitional	謳歌しよう	おうかしよう	ōka shiyō
Negative	謳歌しない	おうかしない	ōka shinai
Negative continuative	謳歌せず	おうかせず	ōka sezu
Formal	謳歌します	おうかします	ōka shimasu
Perfective	謳歌した	おうかした	ōka shita
Conjunctive	謳歌して	おうかして	ōka shite
Hypothetical conditional	謳歌すれば	おうかすれば	ōka sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“^▲謳歌”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026