| chàng | sing/to call loudly/to chant |
| 唱 | sing to call loudly to chant |
| 唱主角 | play protagonist |
| 唱付唱收 | To announce the giving or receiving of money. |
| 唱做念打 | singing, acting, recitation and acrobatics |
| 唱功 | singing skill to sing very well |
| 唱双簧 | lit. to sing a duet fig. to collaborate with sb also used satirically: to play second fiddle to |
| 唱反调 | to sing an opposite tune to contradict to express an opposing view |
| 唱名 | solfege |
| 唱名法 | sol-fa; solmizatiion |
| 唱名表决 | roll-call vote |
| 唱和 | antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus) sung reply (in agreement with first voice) to reply with a poem in the same rythm |
| 唱喏 | to chant out answer to a teacher Please sir, yes sir |
| 唱头 | pick-up (carrying gramophone needle) |
| 唱对台戏 | to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb to get into confrontation |
| 唱工 | art of singing |
| 唱念做打 | The four performing techniques in Chinese traditional operas, considered the basics for an actor: singing, reciting, acting and martial arts performing. |
| 唱戏 | to perform in opera |
| 唱收唱付 | voice the amount in receiving and paying |
| 唱曲 | song |
| 唱本 | opera libretto |