棹歌 zhàogē boat song Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents zhàogē boat song 棹 zhào oar (bound form) literary term for an oar, scull, or paddle歌 gē noun song song; can refer to any melody or piece of music that is sung, or a style of poem that can be set to musiczhàogē to chant a boat song 棹 zhào to row (bound form) literary term for rowing a boat or going boating歌 gē nounverb to sing (bound form) to sing; to vocalize a melody as in 歌唱 gēchàng or 唱歌 chànggē