唱
chàng HSK1

sing

唱 chàng
sing verb
to sing songs or melodies

这首歌调子起得太高，我实在唱不上去。

zhè shǒu gē diào​zi qǐ de tài gāo, wǒ shí​zài chàng bù shàng​qù.

The key of this song is too high for me to reach the notes.

call out verb
to call out or announce loudly

饭馆的伙计在门口大声唱着来宾的姓名。

fàn​guǎn de huǒ​ji zài mén​kǒu dà​shēng chàng zhe lái​bīn de xìng​míng.

The waiter at the restaurant announced the names of the guests at the door.

chant verb
to recite rhythmically or perform a religious chant

主祭人在祭坛前庄严地唱礼，宣布典礼开始。

zhǔ​jì​rén zài jì​tán qián zhuāng​yán de chàng​lǐ, xuān​bù diǎn​lǐ kāi​shǐ.

The officiant solemnly called out the steps of the ritual at the altar, announcing the start of the ceremony.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,252nd most common 103.8 per million
Movie subtitles
555th most common 254.5 per million appears in 36% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
187.8 per million appears in 23% of films
Written text
118.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5531

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)