C-pop

English

Alternative forms

• C-Pop, Cpop, CPop

Etymology

From C- (“Chinese”) +‎ pop, by analogy with J-pop.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːˌpɒp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsiˌpɑp/

Noun

C-pop (uncountable)

1. (music) Chinese pop music influenced by western genres.
   • 2024 January 20, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “An Asian megastar who fills arenas in Europe–so who is he?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 14:

     Mandopop and its Cantonese equivalent, Cantopop, are subsets of Chinese pop, or C-pop, whose roots stretch back almost 100 years.

Hyponyms

• Cantopop
• Mandopop

Translations

Chinese pop music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中文流行音樂／中文流行音乐 (Zhōngwén liúxíng yīnyuè)

• French: C-pop (fr) f, pop chinoise f
• German: C-Pop m
• Japanese: C-POP (shī-poppu), 中華ポップ (chūka-poppu), 中華ポップス (chūka-poppusu), シー・ポップ (shī-poppu)
• Korean: C-pop (ko) (si-pap), 중국 팝 음악 (Junggug pap eumak), C팝 (sipap), 씨팝 (si-pap)
• Marathi: सी-पॉप n (sī-pŏp)
• Russian: кита́йский поп m (kitájskij pop), си-по́п m (si-póp), кита́йская поп-му́зыка f (kitájskaja pop-múzyka)

Mandopop — see Mandopop

Cantopop — see Cantopop

Coordinate terms

• Cantopop
• HK-pop
• H-pop
• I-pop
• J-pop
• K-pop
• L-pop
• Mandopop
• M-pop
• P-pop
• Q-pop
• T-pop
• V-pop

 

Anagrams

• Copp