gē shǒu
chanteur; vocaliste
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这位歌手很有名。
Zhè wèi gē shǒu hěn yǒu míng.
This singer is very famous.
我喜欢听这位歌手的歌。
Wǒ xǐ huan tīng zhè wèi gē shǒu de gē.
I like listening to this singer's songs.
这位歌手的演唱会很受欢迎。
Zhè wèi gē shǒu de yǎn chàng huì hěn shòu huān yíng.
This singer's concert is very popular.
唱将 (chàngjiàng)
singer
歌星 (gēxīng)
singing star
听众 (tīngzhòng)
audience
乐迷 (yuèmí)
music fan
The Chinese word 歌手 (gēshǒu) for "singer" is composed of two characters: 歌 (gē) and 手 (shǒu). The character 歌 originally meant "to sing" or "a song", and it is composed of the radical 口 (kǒu) for "mouth" and the phonetic component 哥 (gē). The character 手 means "hand", and it is used in this compound to indicate that a singer uses their hands to play an instrument or to conduct. Together, the two characters 歌手 literally mean "singing hand", and they are used to refer to someone who sings professionally.
