Japanese Word Entry
紅白歌合戰Simplified Japanese form: 紅白歌合戦
| Kana: | こうはくうたがっせん |
| Romaji: | kouhakuutagassen |
| Definition: | Red and White singing contest, annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 紅 | crimson, deep red, red, vermillion, blush, flush |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄥˊ (hóng), ㄍㄨㄥ (gōng), ㄐㄧㄤˋ (jiàng) |
| Cantonese: | gung1, hung4 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 ク (ku) / べに (beni)、 くれない (kurenai)、 あか.い (akai) |
| Korean: | 홍 (hong), 공 (gong) |
| Vietnamese: | hồng |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 红 |
| 白 | white, pure, unblemished, bright |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄅㄞˊ (bái), ㄅㄛˊ (bó) |
| Cantonese: | baak6 |
| Japanese: | ハク (haku)、 ビャク (byaku) / しろ (shiro)、 しら- (shira-)、 しろ.い (shiroi)、 もうす (mousu) |
| Korean: | 백 (baeg), 배 (bae) |
| Vietnamese: | bạch |
| 歌 | song, sing, lyrics, chant, praise |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄜ (gē) |
| Cantonese: | go1 |
| Japanese: | カ (ka) / うた (uta)、 うた.う (utau) |
| Korean: | 가 (ga) |
| Vietnamese: | ca |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 謌 |
| 合 | fit, suit, join, 0.1, combine, unite, gather |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄜˊ (hé), ㄍㄜˇ (gě) |
| Cantonese: | gap3, hap6 |
| Japanese: | ゴウ (gou)、 ガッ (gaxtsu)、 カッ (kaxtsu)、 カツ (katsu)、 ガツ (gatsu) / あ.う (au)、 -あ.う (-au)、 あ.い (ai)、 あい- (ai-)、 -あ.い (-ai)、 あ.わす (awasu)、 あ.わせる (awaseru)、 -あ.わせる (-awaseru) |
| Korean: | 합 (hab) |
| Vietnamese: | hợp, cáp |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 閤 |
| 戰 | war, fighting, battle |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄢˋ (zhàn) |
| Cantonese: | zin3 |
| Japanese: | セン (sen) / いくさ (ikusa)、 たたか.う (tatakau)、 おのの.く (ononoku)、 そよぐ (soyogu) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | chiến |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 战 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 戦 |