Chinese symbol for “singer”
歌手
gē shǒu
singer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for singer is 歌手 (gē shǒu), defined as: singer.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “singer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 歌手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 诗歌 (詩歌) | shī gē | poem; measure word: 本 (běn), 首 (shǒu), 段 (duàn) |
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 歌词 (歌詞) | gē cí | song lyric; lyrics |
| 歌唱 | gē chàng | to sing |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “singer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.