歌仔戲

See also: 歌仔戏 and 歌仔戯

Chinese

		song; folk song, especially a Hokkien ballad	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (歌仔戲)		歌仔	戲
simp. (歌仔戏)		歌仔	戏

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 歌仔戲 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Gŏ̤-giāng-hié (Eastern Min)
• Koa-á-hì (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēzǎixì, gēzǐxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧˋ, ㄍㄜ ㄗˇ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ zai² hei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôa-è-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koa-á-hì / koai-á-hì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēzǎixì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gezǎisì
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-tsai³-hsi⁴
    • Yale: gē-dzǎi-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getzaeshih
    • Palladius: гэцзайси (gɛczajsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēzǐxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄗˇ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gezǐhsì
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-tzŭ³-hsi⁴
    • Yale: gē-dž-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getzyyshih
    • Palladius: гэцзыси (gɛczysi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ zai² hei³
    • Yale: gō jái hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ dzai² hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ zei² héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ hei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôa-è-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˊ e^ˇ hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gua¹ e² hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯a²⁴ e¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-á-hì
    • Tâi-lô: kua-á-hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koa'afhix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi¹¹/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Lukang): /kua³³ a⁵⁵⁻³⁵ hi³¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koai-á-hì
    • Tâi-lô: kuai-á-hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koai'afhix
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kuai⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻²⁴ hi¹²/

Noun

歌仔戲

1. Taiwanese opera

   • 阿公欲看MTV，阿媽欲看歌仔戲 [Hokkien, trad.]
     阿公欲看MTV，阿妈欲看歌仔戏 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2009, 阿公阿嬷的故事, Dancing Queen, Alice Ong (王汶玲)

     a-kong beh khòaⁿ MTV, a-má beh khòaⁿ koa-á-hì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Grandpa wants to watch MTV, while Grandma wants to watch Taiwanese opera

Synonyms

• 薌劇／芗剧 (xiāngjù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歌仔戲):

• → Japanese: 歌(か)仔(し)戯(ぎ) (kashigi)
• → Korean: 가자희(歌仔戲) (gajahui)

References

• “歌仔戲”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.