歌谣
gēyáo
folk song; ballad
Characters in this word
谣 yáo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 䍃 vase, pitcher, earthenware
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这首古老的歌谣保留了当地渔民对潮汐的观察。 Zhè shǒu gǔlǎo de gēyáo bǎoliú le dāngdì yúmín duì cháoxī de guānchá. This old folk song preserves local fishermen's observations of the tides.
- 奶奶小时候常给我唱一首古老的歌谣。 Nǎinai xiǎoshíhou cháng gěi wǒ chàng yì shǒu gǔlǎo de gēyáo. When I was little, Grandma often sang me an old folk song.
- 孩子们边拍手边念着简单的歌谣。 Háizimen biān pāishǒu biān niàn zhe jiǎndān de gēyáo. The children chanted a simple rhyme while clapping their hands.